Taking Care of Ourselves with Filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin

About this episode

Filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin discusses her mission to create impactful films for her people and the challenges she faces living outside Haiti.

BABBLERY.com: Haitian filmmaker Alexandrine Benjamin is on a mission to make films that tell important stories for her people. But how can she help a country where she can no longer live?

People in this episode

Host: Suki Wessling

Guest: Alexandrine Benjamin

Topics covered

• filmmaking
• Haitian culture
• storytelling
• social issues
• immigration

Keywords

• Haitian filmmaker
• films
• cultural stories
• immigration
• social impact

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Haiti

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