Haiti

Jacques Arcelin is a Haitian filmmaker. His 1975 feature-length documentary, Bitter Cane / Canne amère, is noted as an important film in Haitian cinema of denunciation and struggle against the Duvalier dictatorship. Bitter Cane won awards at the Cannes, Antwerp and Chicago film festivals, among others.

Filmography

Bitter Cane / Canne amère (1983)