To commemorate the anniversary of the US/France/Canada led overthrow of Haiti’s elected government, we are hosting a screening and discussion of Haiti Betrayed, a powerful indictment of Canada’s role in the 2004 coup and subsequent policy in the country.

Haiti Betrayed is probably the best documentary ever made on Canadian foreign policy.The film, which concerns the lengthy history of interference, subversion and outright invasion by developed nations to undermine Haitian sovereignty, begins with a cri de coeur against one of the countries most responsible for Haiti’s current state of immiseration: Canada -- Andray Domise (MacLeans Magazine, February 2020)

Join us for a discussion with the filmmaker and special guests on February 28. The film will be available to watch free (in the week leading up to the event) for all those who register in advance.

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TRAILER: https://haitibetrayedfilm.com

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Elaine Briere is an award-winning filmmaker and photojournalist. Her photographs have appeared in the Globe & Mail, the New York Review, Canadian Geographic, Amnesty International, and Neue Zurcher Zeitung (Switzerland).

REVIEWS:

Haitian Lives Matter. This fact has eluded the Canadian media, and the general Canadian population, which prefers to think of itself as, "good guys" when it comes to foreign policy—if they even give foreign policy a second thought. Elaine Briere's deeply-researched and highly engaging documentary, "Haiti Betrayed" lays bare a hidden history that now—of all times—we all need to pay attention to. --Mark Achbar - The Corporation

This powerful film, with its heart-stopping footage, captures the brutality of what the “advanced” world has done to the people of Haiti since their heroic revolution against slavery. Canada’s shameful role – braying about human rights even as it provides political cover for the US overthrow of Haitian democracy – exposes the lie behind Canada’s good-guy image in the world. --Linda McQuaig – author, The Sport & Prey of Capitalists

This evocative film pointing to Canada’s role in the 2004 coup d’état portrays yet another chapter of sordid betrayal. This film should be a call to action. -- Noam Chomsky

The film, which concerns the lengthy history of interference, subversion and outright invasion by developed nations to undermine Haitian sovereignty, begins with a cri de coeur against one of the countries most responsible for Haiti’s current state of immiseration: Canada -- Andray Domise (MacLeans Magazine, February 2020)