zo reken

In Port-au-Prince, a humanitarian aid organization’s 4×4 vehicle has been hacked: its Haitian passengers now use it to talk about neocolonialism and to denounce the promises of the international community that were made and never kept. Outside, barricades are erected, and the people cry out in anger. “Zo reken (“shark bone”) is the nickname given in Haiti to the Toyota Land Cruiser, a powerful off-road vehicle highly prized by the international humanitarian organizations that have been omnipresent in the country since the 2010 earthquake. Ten years later, in a country in turmoil and more paralyzed than ever, a zo reken has been hacked and transformed into a mobile space for encounters and discussions among Haitians. Zo reken is a road movie and a machine for sparking conversation.” (Director Emanuel Licha’s blog)