Goudougoudou (2011) Online

Goudougoudou (2011) Online

Before January 12th 2010, many Haitians were unaware that the earth could tremble, that it could shake so hard it could make concrete collapse. Was this a punishment from God? Or the devil? Did the United States test a new bomb on Haiti? Whatever the interpretations, in the wake of the January 12th earthquake, a new word appears in Port-au-Prince: "Goudou Goudou," an onomatopoeic reference to the deafening noise of the earth trembling. A new word for this "thing" to which many Haitians, only a few days later, would learn the meaning of: earthquake. Was this a bad dream, a nightmare that escapes us and veers out of control? After the first responses, many Haitians found themselves in a totally unreal situation. A world where the dead seemed still alive and the living would doubt their own survival. At night, for weeks and months, sleep becomes difficult to find. Light sleep full of dismal images punctuated by rays of relief and hope here and there. This documentary revisits the ...