Movies and TvShows featuring "haitian-migrant-in-the-dominican-republic" theme.
Perico Ripiao is a hilarious road trip comedy set in 1970s Dominican Republic, following the journey of an escaped prisoner and his two friends. With themes of protestant church, folk music, and local blockbuster, the movie takes a hilarious twist with fart jokes, upskirt moments, and a hilarious escape from prison.
An unwanted pregnancy triggers the journey into adulthood for Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teenager who lives in the Batey, a community surrounded by sugarcane fields.
The story of a small .22 caliber gun ties together several episodes involving a cross-section of characters in the Caribbean underworld.
Woodpeckers is a drama film based on a true story. It follows the lives of Haitian migrant prisoners in a Dominican prison. The film explores themes of love, survival, and the power of communication through sign language. The plot revolves around the relationship between a male prisoner and a female prisoner, who communicate through a secret sign language known as woodpecking. As tensions rise in the prison, they must navigate the dangerous and violent environment while trying to maintain their connection and find a way to escape.
In 1937, near the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, a young Haitian woman named Marie is expecting her first child with Frank, her doting Dominican husband. After her mother's burial, she is awakened in the middle of the night by distant screams. The immediate execution of all Haitians on Dominican soil has been ordered — the so-called “Cut” — and what seals a victim’s fate is whether or not they can pronounce "perejil" (parsley). Marie takes off to find Frank in the next town over, with nothing but the clothes on her back.
Sofía and her friends suffer an accident on a car trip, having to spend the night in an abandoned house, not knowing that it's inhabited by souls of sacrificed victims.
A crumbling art dealer sees in a new talent, the salvation of his business and the redefinition of his life, but first he must convince himself and at the same time change his vision of art.
A young peasant is forced to flee for killing involuntarily an abusive guard. After an entire year hiding in a remote fishing island, he decides to return to his countryside and reunite with his wife and daughters.
A young priest is sent to a desolate town near the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. There he meets a young prostitute, thus unleashing a series of events and conflicts after discovering a network of human trafficking.
Maria, 18 year old daughter of a single mother, decides to look for the father she has never met after her mother dies in a tragic accident. She finally finds him in a nearby town, living in what appears to be a haunted old country house in the middle of a neglected banana plantation. Amidst the peculiarities and superstitions of the Dominican country side, father and daughter will have to face the ghosts of the past that haunt them both.
When a 12-year-old boy learns that his father's beloved piano is stolen, he and his two best friends set out on an exciting, cross-country journey through beautiful Dominican Republic to bring it back home before January 1st.
Jean Remy is a Haitian man struggling to find employment in Dominican Republic. Confronted with rejection and discrimination in the city, he sets off to try his luck in the countryside. Imbued with a naturalistic grace, this deeply sympathetic portrait speaks eloquently to the trials of humanity.
Guy, a Haitian boy escaping from poverty, eyewitness the assassination of his parents while crossing the Dominican border. Years later, he confronts the murderers, entangled in a vortex of revenge, love, racial hate and an uncertain future.
After returning to the Dominican Republic, Vera finds out that her stepbrother, Andres, has dropped out of his MBA and that her stepfather has not been seen around the house for a few days. She also meets Santiago, a charming photographer, who quickly invites her to the south of the country: a region she longs to see. Andres stumbles upon a devastating reality about his father that forces him to flee along with Vera and Santiago to the south to avoid facing the truth.
Stateless is a powerful documentary that delves into the lives of Haitian migrants living in the Dominican Republic, shedding light on their challenges, identity struggles, and the political and social issues they face. It examines the impact of the Supreme Court ruling that revoked citizenship for many Haitian descendants, exposing the deep-rooted racism and discrimination prevalent in the country. Through intimate interviews and heartbreaking stories, the film raises important questions about human rights and the intersection of race, politics, and nationality.
Set in the Dominican Republic, Leticia Tonos Paniagua’s uniquely Caribbean retelling of Romeo and Juliet chronicles the love between a kind-hearted teenager, ostracized for his mixed Haitian-Dominican descent, and the beautiful sister of a local drug kingpin he’s hired to protect.
The vicious murder of a park ranger sparks an investigation into the illicit charcoal trade causing deforestation of the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. As trees fall, national tensions rise in this gripping survival story.
A spoiled Hollywood actress struggles back to civilization after the crash of her private jet botches a kidnap attempt, leaving her stranded in the jungle with her irritating assistant and her inept hijacker pilot.
A man enters the most dangerous prison in Santo Domingo in search of revenge against the man who killed his son.