Pierre Michel Jean is a Haitian photographer and documentary filmmaker. Based in Port-au-Prince, he studied Social Communications and Legal Sciences at the Université d’État d’Haïti. He graduated from “Haïti Reporters,” then from Centre d’Étude Photographiques et Cinématographiques. With friends, Pierre Michel founded Kolektif 2 Dimansyon (K2D), a group of independent Haitian visual artists and journalists. For five years he collaborated with the AFP news agency, and his reports were published in various international media. Since 2015, alongside his career as a photographer, he has been making documentary films. Twice Into Oblivion is his second feature-length documentary.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Quisqueya, as well as a hidden genocide. In 1937, Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo ordered the massacre of over 20,000 Haitian immigrants living in the Dominican Republic. Daphné Ménard, a Haitian theatre director, brings together actors from both parts of the island to work on an unprecedented event, a creative project that demands people from both sides to summon up the darker realms of their histories.
A Q+A with Pierre Michel Jean will follow the screening.
