
Special Thanks: This video was filmed and edited by Bayard Jean Bernard of Jacmel’s Ciné Institute, Haiti’s only professional film school, which provides Haitian youth with university-level film education and technical training.
Special Thanks: This video was filmed and edited by Bayard Jean Bernard of Jacmel’s Ciné Institute, Haiti’s only professional film school, which provides Haitian youth with university-level film education and technical training.
Learn more about ACDI/VOCA’s work in Haiti.
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Published on Marketlinks, October 23, 2020.
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