Tap Tap, episode one:  Bò wout la
Channel: Tap Tap
Date: 2012-01-28

Episode one: Bò wout la 
Made by the talented young Haitian director Zaka, Filmmaker/Producer Melanie Reynard and Germain Jn. Luccere as Director of Photography, Tap Tap the sitcom is now being screened around Port au Prince and soon on national television.

The first public showing of the completed work took place on Friday night in Jalousie, the poor community that clings to the hillside above Petion Ville, where several hundred people gathered to watch and enjoy the film and left asking for more.

The goal of Tap Tap is to represent real-life interactions in which Haitians can recognize themselves, laugh about their challenges and celebrate their vibrant culture. The tap tap is a symbol for Haitian movement and quotidian daily life, a vehicle designed with Haitian ingenuity resourcefulness and artisanal esthetic. As the tap taps winds its way through areas devastated by the earthquake, past ravines and hillsides with camps clinging to the sides, through wealthier areas and the very heart of the capital we follow the adventures of the owner-driver Mercidieu, his Facebook-loving son and the manager who endured the hardship of a restavek life.  In this episode the tap tap breaks down outside a camp where the driver is robbed by two people who emerge from the dark and then rescued by a dreadlocked young man who emerges from a camp. 

The aim of the series is to raise awareness of the challenges caused by the massive displacement of so many in a capital city and the complexity of getting people from camps back to their rebuilt communities. Versions with French and English subtitles will be posted shortly.

ZAKMEL FILMS produced the films based on an original concept from International Organization for Migration (IOM). Filming was made possible through the "16/6" project of the Government of Haiti which is funded by the International Community, IOM produced the film. 
16/6 is supported by IOM, UNDP, ILO and UNOPS as well as other humanitarian partners.


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See photos from the first episode, behind the scenes
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