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Ghosts of Cité Soleil: This ain’t no Hollywood movie…

Danish filmmaker Asger Leth travelled to Haiti in February 2004, just as the Aristide government finally collapsed. Ghosts of Cité Soleil charts the time Leth spent embedded among the Chimerès (roughly translated as ‘ghosts’) – the secret army working for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Haitian-born US rapper Wyclef Jean also answered Haiti’s 911 after seeing the rough cut in New York and

20 Jul 2007 12:00

Angela Meredith

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Danish filmmaker Asger Leth travelled to Haiti in February 2004, just as the Aristide government finally collapsed. Ghosts of Cité Soleil charts the time Leth spent embedded among the Chimerès (roughly translated as ‘ghosts’) – the secret army working for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Haitian-born US rapper Wyclef Jean also answered Haiti’s 911 after seeing the rough cut in New York and supplied the soundtrack, together with Jerry ‘Wonda’ Duplessis. Angela Meredith talks to Asger Leth about filming in Haiti and using a closet in the press hotel as his base, and his new style of documentary. This ain’t no Hollywood movie…

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Angela Meredith

About the Author

Angela Meredith is a freelance journalist/writer who covers the Arts, travel and leisure and consumer health. Her work has appeared on websites such as Men’s Health, Discovery Health and TravelZoo – and this year she worked on the launch of the website Moneypage.com as Travel/Leisure writer. She contributes accident and health and safety news to a personal injury website and has written extensively for the b2b journal Pharmacy Business. Angela is a former winner of Soho Theatre’s Verity Bargate Award for new playwrights and has written for BBC TV. In 2007 she was short listed for the Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook’s New Novel Award. She began her career as an actress and still acts occasionally. She is a full member of the NUJ and Equity and has a BA (Joint Hons) in Literature & History of Art and an MA in Literature.