Koutkekout
After the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, Haiti has been gripped by gang violence that terrorizes daily life. In this climate, a group of theatre artists refuses to retreat. They risk everything to take the stage, gathering each year at the Festival 4 Chemins in Port-au-Prince.
The film follows these artists as they craft a space of freedom in the midst of chaos. Their work blends history, personal stories, poetry, and performance, offering a vision of Haiti shaped not only by suffering but by imagination and resolve. In a country where theatre lives in the streets, in vodou, in politics, they continue to speak through their art — navigating myth and reality, fear and hope. Koutkekout portrays their resistance and the courage it takes simply to keep going.
A film by Joseph Hillel, 2024 (French, Haitian Creole with English subtitles)
Featuring: Youyou, Guy Régis Jr, Nathania Périclès, Schneiderson René, Staloff Tropfort, Néhémie Bastien, Erthon Edmond, Frankétienne
After the premiere, there will be a discussion with director Joseph Hillel moderated by Lotte Schreiber