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Kenbe la, Until We Win (2019)

Kenbe la, Until We Win poster
Original title
Kenbe la, jusqu'à la victoire
Directed by
Will Prosper
Genre
documentary
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
G
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary follows a Haitian Canadian artist and activist as he works on a permaculture project in Haiti. He is also dealing with terminal cancer.

inspirationalbittersweetintimatereflectivehopefulcontemplativepersonalearnestgrounded

What happens

Kenbe la, Until We Win (French: Kenbe la, jusqu'à la victoire) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Will Prosper and released in 2019. The film profiles Haitian Canadian artist and activist Alain Philoctète, as he tries to establish a permaculture project in Haiti as his final legacy toward his birth country, while battling the terminal cancer that would ultimately take his life in 2020. The film premiered at the 2019 Montreal International Documentary Festival, where it was the winner of the People's Choice Award, before going into commercial release in 2020. The film was longlisted for the Directors Guild of Canada's DGC Discovery Award in 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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