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Leogane Stadium Screenings

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Gary

A  large tented and corrugated hut camp occupies Leogane’s stadium.  We set up next to the stadium and quite aptly the old cinema for two nights of screening.  We were right in the middle of town, and it felt a … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Michel Jean

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Gary

We sadly had to say goodbye to our guide/translator of three weeks Michel Jean.  We’d been through a lot together – a few drunken vodou nights, his wife leaving him, about 12 screenings, and plenty of funny Haitian moments.  He … Continue reading →

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Ghede – Day of the Dead

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Mko

This week it was Ghede, the celebrations around the vodou day of the dead, and on Wednesday night we went to a vodou ceremony.  Back in January HKKP put on a night of films about Vodou at the Cube Cinema … Continue reading →

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Trinity House workshops

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Alex

We’ve now done 2 days of workshops at a wonderful school/orphanage in Jacmel called Trinity House. We’ve been doing stop motion animation workshops with the kids, and Gary made a mini-documentary with them which we’ll show tonight on the big … Continue reading →

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Second Trip to Haiti

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Mko

The Haiti Kids Kino Project is going back to Haiti for a second trip… On October 18th three Cube volunteers will be flying out to do four weeks of outdoor cinema and video workshops with children displaced by the 2010 … Continue reading →

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Haiti Kids Kino Project – New Film

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Mko

Here’s a new film made from footage of the Haiti Kids Kino Project’s visit to Haiti in March and April 2010. Many thanks to everyone in the film! The locations that are featured are in Delmas and Cite Soeil in … Continue reading →

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TELE GETO

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Mko

Here are three videos shot in March by young artists from the Ti Moun Resistans group. Tele Geto is their project to document day to day life in the ghettoes of Port au Prince and share their experiences through the … Continue reading →

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The Big Picture Magazine

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Mko

There’s a long article with lots of great pictures on the Haiti Kid’s Kino project in the July/August issue of  The Big Picture Magazine .   Big Picture is a free magazine you can find at independent cinemas, or you can … Continue reading →

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fundraising in the UK

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Silvia

HKKP at Womad festival Many thanks to Sally Daniels and Marcus Toop of sustainable architecture group Tangentfield who hosted us at last weekend’s Womad festival.  Tangentfield were running a workshop where four teams built four stages – one from bamboo, … Continue reading →

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Six Months after the earthquake in Haiti

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Mko

This week it’s six months since the earthquake of 12th January 2010, when 300,000 people died and one and a half million people were made homeless. Here’s one radio and one video piece recommended by readers of this blog, Ali … Continue reading →

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