
Only an hour south of Miami, the elected president of the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, Jean Bertrand Aristide, has twice been forced from office with the complicity of the international community. An intelligent and engrossing examination of the oft-suppressed story of the 2004 coup d'etat in Haiti, Rossier's film investigates the events that led to the second violent expulsion of Aristide from Haiti, and reveals the tangled web of hope, deceit, and political violence... (Full plot summary below)
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Only an hour south of Miami, the elected president of the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, Jean Bertrand Aristide, has twice been forced from office with the complicity of the international community. An intelligent and engrossing examination of the oft-suppressed story of the 2004 coup d'etat in Haiti, Rossier's film investigates the events that led to the second violent expulsion of Aristide from Haiti, and reveals the tangled web of hope, deceit, and political violence that has brought the world's first black republic to its knees.
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| TV Guide MagazineKen FoxRossier's film leaves the dispiriting impression that democracy simply will not be tolerated in the Southern Hemisphere. |
| Portland OregonianMarc MohanThe question that lies at the heart of the documentary Aristide and the Endless Revolution is whether his exile was his own idea or whether he was pressured, even kidnapped, by the United States. |
| Boston GlobeWesley MorrisAn absorbing piece of investigative journalism. |
| The New York TimesLaura KernNicolas Rossier's cohesive documentary covers this complex incident - and Haiti's deteriorating condition since Mr. Aristide's exile - in a taut, well-balanced 82 minutes. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFortunately, unlike so many similarly politically themed documentaries, the film makes its case with substantial intelligence and conviction. |
| VarietyRobert KoehlerA vital if less than objective slice of film journalism on the U.S.'s troubled history in the Third World. |
| Time Out LondonRaven SnookBy far the most compelling voices are those of the impoverished Haitian people; unfortunately, they're only heard briefly at the end. While the film's real-life twists and turns are difficult to follow, the human desperation it depicts is all too easy to grasp. |
| New York TimesLaura EvensonAristide and the Endless Revolution is a probing look into the 2004 overthrow of the twice democratically elected Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide ... |
| Village VoiceJoshua LandInvestigates the events leading up to the coup d'état; that it was the second for Aristide (overthrown in 1991, mere months after becoming Haiti's first democratically elected president) darkens the film's triumphalist-sounding title. |
| Metro Times (Detroit, MI)Jeff MeyersAs a window into our country's right-wing attitudes about emerging democracies, the film is particularly timely. |