Caribbean Film Series continues with “Purgatorio”
PURGATORIO
Directed by Martine Jean
12 minutes | Haiti/USA | 2014
At the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Rosa Jean-Louis fights for her life and the survival of her child. This film is a depiction of the impact of the Dominican Republic Constitutional Tribunal’s decision of September 2013 on Dominicans of Haitian descent. The ruling rendered thousands stateless.