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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WATER

Part carnival, part vodou ceremony, and part grassroots protest, Haitian “Rara” is one of the most breathtaking and contested forms of music in the Americas. "The Other Side of the Water" follows a group of young immigrants who take this ancient music from the hills of Haiti and reinvent it on the streets of Brooklyn. The documentary tells the story of an unlikely band that comes to speak for a larger community, and a music that manages to create a new meaning of home in the Diaspora.

"The film offers an essential, re-affirming perspective of Haitian imagery and culture that desperately needs to be seen."

Watch THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WATER on Vimeo from September 20-23, 2024.

Making the Impossible Possible

"The energy, the pacing, the archival photos and footage, and the storytelling and storytellers! It teaches and inspires and underlines how important it is to always know the roots of our activism and our victories..."

Voices of the Gods

"Portraits our practices, our belief systems, our traditions through an acurate lens."

Palante, Siempre Palante! The Young Lords

"Tells the moving story of the formation of the Young Lords, and shows how a group of committed, militant youth tackled the long neglected problems of their barrio community."

Black Panther

"The invaluable Movement documentaries Newsreel produced furthered the work of the Black Panther Party and now provide the essential visual record of the Party's early days."

Living along the Fenceline

"After seeing this film, 'security' will take on new meanings, and the world map will never look the same."

From Spikes to Spindles

"This film portrays New York's Chinatown through an unfiltered lens, painting an honest view of a community built by laborers in spite of the powerful forces of the cops and real estate developers who run the city to this day."

In a Perfect World...

"A documentary that explores, through Chase's experience and that of other men who were raised without fathers, how they filled the holes in their hearts and prevailed over their feelings of anger, sadness and abandonment."

Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Film Project

"The fact that a young woman, was waiting for the bus and this happened to her is enough to outrage anyone."

Black Nations?/Queer Nations?

"Director Shari Frilot highlighted the need to bust open static concepts of race, sexuality, and even nation-states."

Mississippi Triangle

"....ethnicity, acculturation, racism and interracial associations, poverty, social and economic change, community development and much more."

The Chinatown Files

"A compelling consciousness-raiser of trenchant artistry, Amy Chen's 'The Chinatown Files' is a superb documentary, a triumph of organization, research and clarity that reveals the horrific impact of the McCarthy era upon the Chinese American community."

Another Brother

"ANOTHER BROTHER is a compelling, must see documentary of the Vietnam War period, Black life, and a social commentary that depicts the richness of a hero who never stopped fighting for his country community and people."