Haiti’s economy is ailing, and the best proof is the lack of trees in this impoverished island nation. A century ago, 60% of the country was forested: Today, it’s less than 1% as people continue to chop down what’s left to produce coal for sale to support their families. Beekeepers here believe honey production could turn the economy around, but they face many obstacles beyond deforestation. Can they be overcome?
CREDITS
Producer: Ting Fan
Director: Nils Aucante
Camera: Nils Aucante, Daniel Ferrara, Alan Thompson
Editor : Nils Aucante
Writer: Nils Aucante
Field Assistant : Dilber Shatursun
Re-recording Mixer : Yahel Dooley
Production Design : Sheau Ling Soo, Nancy C.H. Wei
Production Assistant: Julia Liu-Padilla
Original Music: Patrick Morin, De Wolfe Music
Graphic Animation: Nancy C.H. Wei
Special Thanks: The Hiatt Family, Franclyn Heinecke, The Washington State Beekeepers Association, La ADETDA, The United Nations Development Program in Haiti, Jean Pierre Wilner, Apilife, Cooperative Apicole De Ouanaminthe
Haiti’s economy is ailing, and the best proof is the lack of trees in this impoverished island nation. A century ago, 60% of the country was forested: Today, it’s less than 1% as people continue to chop down what’s left to produce coal for sale to support their families. Beekeepers here believe honey production could turn the economy around, but they face many obstacles beyond deforestation. Can they be overcome?
CREDITS
Producer: Ting Fan
Director: Nils Aucante
Camera: Nils Aucante, Daniel Ferrara, Alan Thompson
Editor : Nils Aucante
Writer: Nils Aucante
Field Assistant : Dilber Shatursun
Re-recording Mixer : Yahel Dooley
Production Design : Sheau Ling Soo, Nancy C.H. Wei
Production Assistant: Julia Liu-Padilla
Original Music: Patrick Morin, De Wolfe Music
Graphic Animation: Nancy C.H. Wei
Special Thanks: The Hiatt Family, Franclyn Heinecke, The Washington State Beekeepers Association, La ADETDA, The United Nations Development Program in Haiti, Jean Pierre Wilner, Apilife, Cooperative Apicole De Ouanaminthe