Haiti fact of the day
Even in hard times, Haitians go to the movies. Now they’re also making them in record numbers – about 10 feature films a year – rivaling Cuba as the Caribbean’s biggest movie producer and often outselling better-financed imports.
Here is much more. Here is part of the story:
The arrival of inexpensive digital video cameras and editing equipment opened the door to budding Haitian filmmakers, lowering production cost from hundreds of thousands of dollars or more to about $40,000 – money that typically comes from private sponsors or local investors who receive a percentage of the film’s earnings.
Haitian immigrants to the U.S. support the market as well. Here is the Haiti Internet Movie Database.