Fatal Assistance

Released Feb 28, 2014

1h 40m

Documentary

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Filmmaker Raoul Peck looks at failed efforts to rebuild post-earthquake Haiti, including the disclosure that much of the money pledge to Haiti was either never disbursed or was not applied to reconstruction efforts.

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Karina Griffith

Shadow and Act

We have been too blissful in our ignorance. Sure, it's tedious, but a clear conscience comes at a cost.

Sep 13, 2022

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

A potent, persuasive and quietly furious documentary that examines how international aid agencies failed Haiti after the catastrophic 2010 earthquake.

Feb 27, 2014

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Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out

Bill Clinton and Sean Penn don't get off easy in their cameos, yet even the most lefty-loathing Republican will wonder why the doc's inquiry isn't as hard on homegrown forces of corruption, which are legion.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 26, 2014

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Anna Tatarska

Movie Mezzanine

Fatal Assistance is an important lesson on much needed social attentiveness as wise activism.

Rated: B+

Feb 28, 2014

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Christopher Campbell

Film School Rejects

Deeply powerful ... a No End in Sight for the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Rated: B+

Feb 27, 2014

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Laura Clifford

Reeling Reviews

Raoul Peck's ("Lumumba") impassioned documentary about international relief efforts in Haiti is a real eye opener with a disturbing undercurrent...not every critique hits a bulls eye.

Rated: B

Feb 12, 2014

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walter m

"Fatal Assistance" is an insightful and angry documentary about the aftermath of the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti. And as Raoul Peck ably shows throughout, he has every right to be, as billions of dollars of foreign aid have been squandered as funneled through NGO's, instead of giving the donations directly to the Haitian government so it could build infrastructure and create local jobs, thus proving again that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. But in his narrow field of vision, Peck is also guilty of the same thing he accuses the NGO's of, that of rewriting Haiti as a completely blank slate. It is ironic because he could have used the long tortured history of American intervention in Haitian's internal politics to put further fuel on his thesis. Nor does he make any mention of the deadly cholera outbreak in Haiti which followed the earthquake in 2010.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Raoul Peck looks at failed efforts to rebuild post-earthquake Haiti, including the disclosure that much of the money pledge to Haiti was either never disbursed or was not applied to reconstruction efforts.

Director: Raoul Peck
Distributor: Velvet Film
Production Co: Arte
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 28, 2014, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.0K
Runtime: 1h 40m