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Title:

Assistance mortelle [videorecording] = Fatal assistance / Raoul Peck.

Format:

[videorecording] =

Publisher:

Velvet Film,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010--Economic aspects.
Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010--Political aspects.
Economic assistance--Political aspects--Haiti.
Humanitarian assistance--Political aspects--Haiti.
Haiti--History--21st century.
Haiti--Economic conditions--21st century.
Haiti--Social conditions--21st century.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, French.
Documentary films.
Documentary films--France.
Social problem films.
Social problem films--France.
Nonfiction films.
French language films.
Haitian Creole language films.

Other Authors:

Peck, Raoul, director.
Velvet Film GmbH.

Notes:

Videodisc release of the 2013 motion picture.

Summary:

Haitian-born director and former Minister of Culture Raoul Peck's newest film is an indictment of Western aid to Haiti. After the massive earthquake that struck in January 2010, killing an estimated 250,000 and leaving 1.2 million homeless, a flood of aid and agencies arrived at Haiti's door. Some had an agenda to help, others had an agenda to protect their own assets and interests. Three years later, what state has this aid left the Haitian people in? Peck's powerful and thoroughly investigative film shows all the levels at which aid, NGOs and political ploys have left Haiti in turmoil. He unveils the true face of international aid as a failure full of organizational ineptitude, broken promises and hidden agendas. This must-see film paints a vivid picture that the "aid" of foreign powers is more realistically an occupation.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)861803216

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)