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Synopsis

"Ghosts of Cite Soleil" captures life and death during the last months of Jean-Bertrand Aristide's regime. In Port-au-Prince's most desperately poor and dangerous neighborhoods, heavily armed street gangs known as chimeres (ghosts) serve as the regime's enforcers, trampling on the legal authority and terrorizing the political opposition. But a new, more brutal counter-revolution may soon end their regime.

Showtimes for Wed Jun 27 - Tue Jul 3:

11:25am, 1:25pm, 3:30, 5:35, 7:45, 9:50pm, plus Fri-Sat: 11:40pm

(323 Sixth Avenue, New York N.Y. 10014 Box Office 212-924-7771)

"Scary, fascinating... there has never been anything quite like Asger Leth's film; it's amazing it even exists and that the director is still alive." - Todd McCarthy, Variety

Set to a score by Wyclef Jean, who also executive produced, this astonishing documentary by Asger Leth (son of Danish filmmaker Jorgen Leth, The Five Obstructions recounts a Caribbean epic of a family and a culture torn apart by poverty and violence in one of the world's most desperate communities. Declared the most dangerous place on Earth by the UN, Haiti's capital has no tougher slum than Cite Soleil. With their heavily armed foot soldiers ("chimeres," or ghosts), gangs run every aspect of life there, even acting as the muscle for mainstream politicians. Shot in the tumultuous months before the overthrow of President Aristide, GHOSTS captures the smoldering rivalry between two notorious gang leaders, Billy and 2pac -- aspiring rappers who happen to be brothers, and who fall in love with the same woman.

NR, US / Denmark, 2007, 85 minutes.

In Creole and French with English subtitles

A film by Asger Leth & Milos Loncarevic