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zo reken (2021)

1h 26m

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zo reken (2021)

Name: zo reken
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-04-30

1h 26m

Running Time

April 30, 2021
Release Date

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Plot.

Today, 11 years after the massive earthquake in Haiti that left over a million people homeless and killed hundreds of thousands, the country has still not recovered from the disaster. Despite billions of dollars in aid money, Haiti struggles with some of the highest levels of poverty and unemployment in the Western hemisphere. In Port-au-Prince, various citizens are shuttled through a city in crisis. Maneuvering around barricades, garbage dumps and the packed streets of the capital, they speak candidly about the current state of their country. Through the car window a frustrated population passes and occasionally interacts with the passengers in the vehicle. Beautifully shot, with a lively score, Zo Reken presents a complicated portrait that testifies to the magnitude of the tragedy and highlights the disorganized state of international aid.

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Currently zo reken is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: True Story

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Cast & Crew.

Pascal Antoine

Self

Emanuel Licha

Director / Producer / Screenplay

Catherine Van Der Donckt

Sound Designer / Sound

David Drury

Original Music Composer

Ariane Pétel-Despots

Editor

Étienne Roussy

Director of Photography

David Drury

Composer

Benoît Dame

Sound Mixer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
April 30, 2021

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 26m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-15

Wiki.

Zo Reken is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Emanuel Licha and released in 2021. Taking its name from a Haitian Creole slang term for the Toyota Land Cruiser, the film is an exploration of the impact of the international humanitarian aid apparatus on Haiti, centering on the ways in which it can be both a necessary lifeline and an instrument of economic inequality and repression.

The film premiered at the 2021 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, where it won the juried award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary. It won the award for Best Documentary Film at the 2021 Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie. At the 2021 Montreal International Documentary Festival, it won the Grand Prize, National Feature and the Student Jury Award, and received an honorable mention from the Magnus Isacsson Award jury.

It received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Étienne Roussy).