Date: Sunday February 1, 2026, 3:30-5:30pm
Location: Vienna Presbyterian Church (124 Park St NE, Vienna, VA)Join us at Vienna Presbyterian Church (124 Park Street NE, Vienna, VA) on February 1, 2026 from 3:30 to 5:30pm to watch HAÏTI: LA RANÇON DE L’INDÉPENDANCE (Haiti: The Price of Independence). This is a 63 minute film from filmmaker, Wandrille Lanos, and produced in 2024 by Brotherfilms. Light refreshments will be provided and Q&A with regional experts and CCH staff will follow. This event is free and open to the public.
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Film Synopsis: This film retraces the history of Haiti’s debt in order to understand the spiral of borrowing that stunted the country’s development. Who profited from this debt? Has Haiti been plundered since its birth—by foreign powers, international banks, and its own leaders? And what role did France play in this history?
Filmmaker Biography: Wandrille Lanos has been a documentary filmmaker for over ten years. He began his career at the CAPA agency, directing reports for Canal+ and France 2. He worked for four years with the investigative program Cash Investigation (France 2), and from 2015 to 2018, he was a reporter for the editorial team of Envoyé Spécial. His investigations and reports have taken him to the paths of unaccompanied migrant minors in Europe, aboard illegal fishing vessels off the coast of West Africa, and into the Amazon rainforest, where he documented Indigenous communities confronting oil giant Chevron.
Have questions about the event? Contact Abby Gwaltney (abby@cchaiti.org, 703.932.0812)
