Ghosts of Cite Soleil Critic Reviews

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The Hollywood Reporter | Sura WoodAdd Critic to Favorites

It's an unforgettable, visceral journey into the heart of darkness.Read the full review

Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites

Rough as can be in both content and style, Ghosts will be welcome everywhere tough, provocative docus are shown.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

A spectacularly turbulent portrait of the chaos and bloodshed that have come to define Haiti.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kevin CrustAdd Critic to Favorites

A forceful documentary set against the 2004 Haitian coup d'état that toppled the government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Noel MurrayAdd Critic to Favorites

If nothing else, Leth shows how wrung-out and careless everyone gets amid constant bloodshed. "We don't need peace," one says. "We need school for our kids. Food. Sleep."Read the full review

The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

In spite of occasional gestures in the direction of political or sociological context -- interviews with anti-Aristide activists, news images of battles beyond Cité Soleil -- Mr. Leth is not, in the end, much concerned with offering an analysis of the Haitian situation. Like Lele, he'd rather have a party with the thugs.Read the full review

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