Producing : We don't choose our films, they choose us. by Guetty Felin

I don't know if I chose filmmaking or filmmaking chose me. But one thing I know for sure is that we don't chose our films, they choose us. Sometimes it starts with an image, something that someone said, an event. We become so consumed by it , almost like a medical condition, and it does not go away until we do something about it. Ayiti Mon Amour, is that kind of project. It has been under my skin for nearly 5 years now. It first made its apparition a few months after the devastating Haiti earthquake. I became obsessed with an uncontrollable desire to offer a counter narrative to the clichés and stereotypes of mainstream media in the days following the disaster. I hungered for stories, real stories. The Haiti I am trying to share with the world is far from that awful deadly little tagline "the poorest country in the western hemisphere", that stigma that continues to isolate us. Ayiti Mon Amour is a Haiti of ordinary folks, young and old, trying to make sense out of their existence; living, surviving, grieving, dreaming, laughing, creating, imagining, and loving. It is my Haiti, the one that I see every time I go back, the one I imagine, re-invent, and also the one in my heart. If you have not done so, please go and check out our tumblr blog powered by the multi-talented Jazmin Jones. Ayiti-mon-amour.tumblr.com. You will savor a bit of my Haiti. We have 14 more days until the end of our Indiegogo campaign. Please take a moment to check it out. Spread the word. This is a people-powered film. I can't do it without you. I would love to encourage you to do the same. Just go out there and shoot your film and you can count on me to help, give advise or even contribute in my own way. https://www.indiegogo.com/…/ayiti-mon-amour-a-magic-n…/x/223