DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS
Country: Dominican Republic, USA
Language: Creole, Spanish
Subtitles: English
Running Time: 73min
Film Year: 2016
Category: Special Presentation
Dominican park ranger Eligio Eloy Vargas and his Haitian wife Calina led a life emblematic of the complex relationship between their respective countries—and, just as emblematically, Eligio’s life ended when he was killed in a machete attack against the backdrop of an illegal trade in charcoal.
With investigative rigor and stunning cinematography, filmmakers Juan Mejia Botero and Jake Kheel use Eloy Vargas’ murder case to address rising tensions along the Dominican Republic-Haiti border and larger issues concerning environmental devastation, ethnic violence and the fight over natural resources. Death By a Thousand Cuts was the winner of the Audience Award at the DOC NYC festival.
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credits
Director: Juan Mejía Botero, Jake Kheel
Producer: Ben Selkow, Jake Kheel
Executive Producer: Jeff Skoll, Belissa Balaban, Christy Spitzer, Isaac Lee, Juan Rendon, Eic Douat
Music: Daniel Miller
Cinematographer: Juan Carlos Castañeda
Editor: Adriana Pacheco