Haiti / 2017 / 12mins / Dance film, Documentary / Creole and French

“I have no regrets,” said the late Vivianne Gauthier sitting on the bed in her room where she slept for more than eighty years. A unique, strong, disciplined and energetic woman, this choreographer and dance teacher led her life as she pleased, marking the cultural history of her country, Haiti. This film offers an overview of her life through the visit of her home, a “gingerbread house” where every nook is full of trinkets and memories. Here is a portrait of an endearing woman showing a face of Haiti that we know too little about.

Marie-Claude Fournier

Before focusing on documentary filmmaking, Marie-Claude Fournier worked for over ten years in the television world. Following her completion of a documentary filmmaking program at L’inis in 2010, several of her short documentaries were selected by international festivals. Recipient of the TV5 Fund in 2012, she produced and co-directed the web documentary My Northern States which won the Gémeau Award for best interactive documentary produced for the web in 2013. In 2014, with her collaborator Anne Laguë, she received a scholarship from the CALQ for the development of the short documentary Femme Centaure, presented on the La Fabrique Culturelle website. In the fall of 2014, Marie-Claude left Quebec to work with the Ciné Institute in Jacmel, Haiti, where she mentored the production of corporate projects. Always one foot between here and elsewhere, she pursues the creation of a documentary about the journey of a young athlete from Montreal. Learn More