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In Martissant there is almost no economic activity. Unemployment is high. Young people spend their days in gangs on street corners or around a domino table or a bottle of rum. The hope of finding work is slim.

a film directed by Mackenson Jovin
image Gesner Jean Dorval
sound Guerby Meyer

In August 2009, for four weeks, a workshop brought together twenty young boys and girls aged 16 to 25 years-old. all from Martissant. They were tought techniques of taking images, sound, design and produce documentary films. They did elaborate projects of short documentary films that were then finalized and produced during the last week of the seminar. The choice of themes was free, the only constraint being that these young people would illustrate the way they see their own neighborhood.

5 Responses to “Dominoes (I look at Martissant)”

  1. pierre-richard colas Says:
    Monday December 28th, 2009 at 09:43 PM

    ayiti gen plis moun ki nan lari pase moun kap travay pou haiti ka anvanse se pou nou met tet nou ansanm pou nou ka mete peyi a dehor nan trou li ye a
    sispann vole ni batay pou nenpot tenten.
    sispann rati moun kap fe byen ale lekol i mean bati plis lekol public pou ti moun ki nan latri ,yo ak tout sa ki pa nan lari yo tou
    ankadre ti moun yo kon granmoun yo
    sispann bay kout ba
    bay travay nou gen moun ka travay
    gen mounhaiti ki ta vle kite bandi men zam ate
    haiti sa yo bha ou kom metye se zam ak poud pou fe malfekte
    prewzidan pa kwe nan nou se pou tet yo tout ap bat
    sispann batay kon nou selman
    e pep la
    pierre-richard colas AKA young killa
    http://www.myspace.com/youngkilla509
    pcolas12@yahoo.com

  2. RothNoreen22 Says:
    Monday April 12th, 2010 at 05:30 PM

    Specialists tell that business loans aid a lot of people to live the way they want, because they can feel free to buy necessary stuff. Moreover, some banks offer term loan for different persons.

  3. miranda Says:
    Sunday May 30th, 2010 at 09:12 PM

    I thank we need closure,i mean we need to love each other,help each other,work with each other,stop finding over each other for no reason,and i think we need to stop letting people thing for us,they need to let us thing for ourselves,and if we do that our haiti we love so much will be different.thank u.

  4. Martissantboy Says:
    Tuesday June 15th, 2010 at 11:24 AM

    First of all may God bless this site. Im from Port-Au-Prince Martissant. Left when I was nine years old. Took advantage of the opportunity America have to offer; work hard, graduated from high school, will graduate from college next year and I strongly believe its God’s destiny/plan for me to go back to Martissant and make changes personally to the community I grew up in. I will like to ask if appropriate to subscribe and sent me a friend request @ youtube.com/martissantboy to gather with you all wonderful people who have the heart for Haiti. Once again I trully bless this site and will keep up with it.

  5. Martissantboy Says:
    Tuesday June 15th, 2010 at 11:27 AM

    youtube.com/martissantboy
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    myspace.com/minipakamrhaiti

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