DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS

73 min

2016 AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER

NYC PREMIERE While the Dominican Republic has protected much of its woodlands, its border neighbor Haiti has seen mass deforestation in the past few decades. As a result, a black market in charcoal production has developed via illegal logging on the Dominican side. When the body of a patrolling Dominican park ranger is found, his brutal murder exposes long-simmering tensions that boil over into xenophobia and racism, jeopardizing the lives of the most vulnerable in both nations.

Co-Presented by Cinema Tropical

Director: Juan Mejia Botero, Jake Kheel

Producer: Producers Ben Selkow, Jake Kheel; Executive Producers Jeff Skoll, Belisa Balaban, Christy Spitzer Thornton, Isaac Lee, Juan Rendon, Eric Douat; Co-Producers Juan E. Yepes & Nadia Pollard

Editor: Adriana Pacheco

Music: Daniel Miller

Language: Spanish, Haitian Kreyol

Country: USA, Dominican Republic, Haiti

Year: 2016

Black Stories

Crime

Economy

Environment

International

Latinx/Latin American

Politics

Race

DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS

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