Elena
2021•32m•Released
DocumentaryHistory
In 1937, tens of thousands of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent were exterminated by the Dominican army, on the basis of anti-black racism. Fast-forward to 2013, the Dominican Republic's Supreme Court stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, retroactive to 1929, rendering more than 200,000 people stateless. Elena, the young protagonist of the film, and her family stand to lose their legal residency in the Dominican Republic if they don't manage to get their documents in time. Negotiating a mountain of opaque bureaucratic processes and a racist, hostile society around, Elena becomes the face of the struggle to remain in a country built on the labor of her father and forefathers.
Director
Michèle Stephenson
Writer
Michèle Stephenson
Languages
Haitian; Haitian Creole, Spanish
Studio
In The Cut Films
Production
Company
In The Cut Films
Company
Hispaniola Productions
Company
Rada Studio
Producer
Joe Brewster
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