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 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Even in hard times, Haitians go to the movies. Now they're also making them in record numbers — about 10 feature films a year — rivaling Cuba as the Caribbean's biggest movie producer and often outselling better-financed imports.
The ultimate dream? To transform the impoverished, politically volatile country of 8 million into a cinema powerhouse — Haitiwood — following the lead of India and Nigeria.
While most Haitian industries are stagnant, show business is booming, driven by plunging production costs and an appetite among Haitians at home and abroad for movies shot in their native Haitian Creole.
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