Elena

Movie·2021·0h 32m

Elena

Country

Dominican Republic

Language

Haitian; Haitian Creole

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The Story

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.

Producer

Joe Brewster

Themes

haiticitizenshipracismsocial documentarydominican republicafrolatinadocumentsafro-latinoafro-latine

Production House

In The Cut Films
Hispaniola Productions
Rada Studio

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Where to watch

Region: US

Free

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Crew

Michèle Stephenson

Michèle Stephenson

Director, Writer

Joe Brewster

Joe Brewster

Producer

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