In ZoReken, which means “shark bones,” a four-by-four becomes a kind of mobile confessional, as a driver navigates through barricades, demonstrations, and daily life of the Port-au-Prince streets
—takes its title from the nickname Haitians have given the Toyota Land Cruiser, a popular mode of transportation among the humanitarian aid organizations ubiquitous in the country since the 2010 earthquake.
“Thirty years ago, as a geography grad student, I participated in a research project in West Africa,” he says. “I was very naive about international humanitarian aid. Soon after I—a white man—arrived, I was put into a four-by-four truck and also into this world of privilege. It was a shock.” A symbol of power and oppression in many countries, the four-by-four in Haiti is also “a physical sign of colonization,” Licha says. “And the film is an attempt to decolonize that object.”
During pre-production in Montreal, Rodeney Ciriu, a sociology professor from Haiti working on his PhD at the University of Montreal, helped Licha identify potential subjects.
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