Tuesday, April 24th - 7:15 pm - St. Anthony Main Thursday, April 26th - 9:30 pm - Oak Street Cinema   Directors: Asger Leth and Milos Loncarevic Gang violence in the streets of Port au Prince, Haiti, labled “the most dangerous place in the world,” has never been as graphically portrayed before as in this seat-of-the pants documentary by daring, Danish director Asgar Leth.

Here former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristides allegedly armed and controlled a secret army, called the Chimeres, or ghosts. Ghosts of CitéSoleil, is an insight into the minds of two brothers, gang leaders of the Chimeres, Billy and 2Pac. In 2004, Asger Leth, was allowed to document their lives in the pivotal and dangerous last months before the overthrow of President Aristides rule where allegiances constantly shift: between 2Pac and Billy, gang leaders and politicians, and Aristide and the rebels. The story, captured amid frequent death threats, portrays an intimate portrait of the daily accounts of life in Haiti, the bonds of family, and the horrors of violence. Cast: Winson ‘2Pac’ Jean, Wyclef Jean, James ‘Bily’ Petit Frère, Éleonore ‘Lele’ Senlis

In English, French & Haitian with English subtitles, Denmark/USA, 88 minutes, 2006, 35mm.

Presented by: University of Minnesota European Studies Consortium