Minibabble: On the Set with Filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin

About this episode

Haitian filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin discusses the challenges of shooting her short film in a country with a dysfunctional government.

BABBLERY.com: What does it take for an independent filmmaker to shoot a film in a country that lacks a functional government? Haitian filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin speaks about the difficulty of shooting her short film, N Ap Boule, which is a fictional exploration of the crisis of maternity care in Haiti.

People in this episode

Host: Suki Wessling

Guest: Alexandrine Benjamin

Topics covered

• independent filmmaking
• Haiti
• maternity care
• government crisis
• film production

Keywords

• independent filmmaker
• Haiti
• N Ap Boule
• maternity care
• film challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: N Ap Boule

Places: Haiti

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