Poto Mitan Haitian Women Pillars of the Global Economy

Director: Renée Bergan and Mark Schuller
Screened at the 2014 I Will Tell Film Festival.

Told through the lives of five Haitian women, the documentary examines poverty, exploitation, gender inequality and
globalisation while highlighting the resilience and resistance of women who function as the poto mitan – the central pillars of their families and communities.