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Stateless
20201 h 35 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Michèle Stephenson
Production: Jennifer Holness (Hungry Eyes Film & Television Inc.)Lea Marin (National Film Board of Canada)Michèle Stephenson (Hispaniola Productions)Anita Lee (National Film Board of Canada)Joe Brewster (Rada Film Group)Sudz Sutherland (Hungry Eyes Film & Television Inc.)Leslie Fields-Cruz (Black Public Media)Sandie Viquez Pedlow (Latino Public Broadcasting)
Script: Michèle StephensonJennifer Holness
Hispaniola Productions in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.
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. Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary follows the grassroots campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris, as she challenges electoral corruption and fights to protect the right to citizenship for all people.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > Central America and the CaribbeanPolitics, Government and History
- Politics and Government > Central and South America
- Law and Crime > Citizens' ProtectionDiscrimination
- Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Discrimination
- Social Issues > Discrimination and Stereotyping
- Civics/Citizenship > Citizen ResponsibilitiesHuman Rights
- History and Citizenship Education > Civil Rights and Freedoms
- Social Studies > Law
Credits
- featuring
- Rosa Iris Diendomi-Álvarez
- Teofilo Murat
- Gladys Feliz
- writer
- Michèle Stephenson
- director
- Michèle Stephenson
- producer
- Jennifer Holness
- Lea Marin
- Michèle Stephenson
- executive producer
- Anita Lee
- Joe Brewster
- Sudz Sutherland
- Leslie Fields-Cruz
- Sandie Viquez Pedlow
- director of photography
- Alfredo Alcántara
- Tito Rodriguez
- Naiti Gámez
- Nadia Hallgren
- Jaime Guerra
- Pedro Arnau Bros Santana
- field producer
- Johanné Gomez-Terreiro
- Susibel Espaillat
- Tony Then-Repozo
- editor
- Sophie Farkas Bolla
- additional editor
- Andres Landau
- consulting editor
- Ricardo Acosta
- Lawrence Jackman
- music
- Ben Fox
- line production
- Norah Wakula
- associate producer
- Elise Whittington
- Ayana Enomoto-Hurst
- Patricia Benabe
- assistant editor
- Jordan Kawai
- story editor
- Jennifer Holness
- narrator
- Rosa Iris Diendomi-Álvarez
- 2nd unit cinematography
- Francisco Alberto Rodiguez
- Ariel Mota
- additional camera
- Michèle Stephenson
- production sound
- Michèle Stephenson
- Johanné Gomez-Terreiro
- Susibel Espaillat
- photographer
- Conrad Louis Charles
- assistant director
- Ayana Enomoto-Hurst
- Dinayuri Rodriguez
- Ashley Lin
- production assistant
- Tennile Brown
- administrative assistant
- Stephanie Ukonga
- researcher
- Dinayuri Rodriguez
- Elizabeth Kalbfleisch
- Tina Meister
- Gisela Zuniga
- in house graphics
- Brett Lamb
- photo visual research
- Michèle Stephenson
- storyboard artist
- Michèle Stephenson
- legal
- Hatty Reisman
- Jennifer Dick
- Divya Shahani
- production accountant
- Rajiv Gupta
- Melissa Kalef
- Dania Kannan
- post-production accountant
- Cheryl Henry
- insurance
- Front Row Insurance
- manager, studio operations
- Mark Wilson
- studio administrator
- Stefanie Brantner
- Patricia Bourgeois
- production supervisor
- Marcus Matyas
- technical coordinator
- Kevin Riley
- Luc Binette
- digital editing technician
- Patrick Trahan
- production coordinator
- Andrew Martin-Smith
- Katie Murray
- marketing manager
- Melissa Wheeler
- marketing coordinator
- Michelle Rozon
- legal counsel
- Peter Kallianiotis
- head business affairs, distribution
- Mary Graziano
- driver
- Johnny Álvarez Roja
- Joseph Etienne
- Juan Bautista Soriano Garcia
- post-production house
- Urban Post Production Inc.
- post project manager
- Roberta Bratti
- colourist
- Mila Patriki
- sound editor
- Ryan Birnberg
- foley artist
- Andrea Agro
- foley recordist
- Joshua Pichardo
- re-recording mixer
- Chris Guglick
- Matt McKenzie
- additional re-recording mixer
- Keith Elliott
- re-recording assistant
- Calvin Tran
- Tyler Hall
- online editor
- Rouben Boudagian
- urban picture operations
- Bruce Rees
- post-production coordinator
- Tyler Evans
- translation
- Michèle Stephenson
- Andres Landau
- Ricardo Acosta
- Dinayuri Rodriguez
- Janil Santana
- Natalie Rivera
- Leobianny Hilario
- Williams M. Amaya
- Berlotte Antoine
- Gisela Zuniga
- score recording
- Ben Fox
- score production
- Ben Fox
- musician
- Michael Peter Olsen
- Adrian Cook
- additional score mixing
- Dennis Patterson
Awards
- Special Jury Prize: Canadian Feature- with a cash prize of $2500Hot Docs
- Best Feature FilmLatino International Film Festival
- BlackStar's 2020 Best Feature Documentary AwardBlackStar Film Festival