Grande Saline

198526 min 5 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Michel Régnier

Production: Jacques Vallée

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with la Société Radio-Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency.

OXFAM-Québec sponsored a desalination project in the hard-pressed Haitian village of Grande Saline, where the lack of clean drinking water is the main cause of disease. Local resources--the ample saltwater of the Artibonite and the volunteer labour of a motivated community--are the formula for success.

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Subject categories

  • Developing Countries > Central America and the CaribbeanFisheries, Forest and Water ResourcesInternational Development and Service Agencies
  • Environment and Conservation > Developing CountriesRivers and Bodies of WaterWater ResourcesWelfare Organizations
  • Technology > Water and Water Treatment

Credits

director
Michel Régnier
camera
Michel Régnier
editing
Michel Régnier
producer
Jacques Vallée
sound
André Dussault
sound editing
Gilles Quintal
music
Alain Clavier