Stateless
Stateless is about the tens of thousands of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent in 1937 that were exterminated by the Dominican army, on the basis of anti-black racism. Fast-forward to 2013, the Dominican Republic’s Supreme Court stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, retroactive to 1929, rendering more than 200,000 people stateless. The documentary follows the grassroots campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris, as she challenges electoral corruption and fights to protect the right to citizenship for all people.
Details
NFB Hungry Eyes Media Co-Production
PARTNERS
NFB, PBS, POV, & Al Jazeera
COMPANY
Hungry Eyes Media and RADA Films
GENRE
Documentary
FORMAT
107-minutes Documentary Feature Film
Trailer
Gallery
What People Are Saying
“Dominican Republic’s enduring history of racism against Haitians explored in ‘Stateless’”