Stateless

Stateless (2020)

A race against time. A time against race.

Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary follows families of those affected by the 2013 legislation stripping citizenship from Dominicans of Haitian descent, uncovering the complex history and present-day politics of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through the grassroots electoral campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris.

Date of release
2020-09-17
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Documentary, History
Director
Michèle Stephenson

Casting

Interesting facts

Stateless is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Michèle Stephenson and released in 2020. The film centres on the crisis of Haitians in the Dominican Republic, many of whom have been left stateless by the Dominican Republic's 2013 decision to strip citizenship from Haitian immigrants and their descendants. Statelessness is a widespread human rights issue in the world, affecting every continent, with unknown millions of people being affected.

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