Ghosts of Cité Soleil (2006)

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We’re all used to watching pictures of a messy war being fought on ramshackle streets, but nothing can prepare you for Ghosts of Cité Soleil.

In 2004 Danish filmmaker Asger Leth secured widespread access to Cité Soleil, a Haitian slum of crushing poverty, hip-hop, voodoo magic and state-funded thuggery that the United Nations has called ‘the most dangerous place on earth’.

It’s here that president Aristide’s violent private army, the Chimères, rule a world of guns, drugs and political intimidation. This is a stunningly frank and powerful documentary.