Haiti Place
The Colorful Transformation of a Haitian Slum
News Information
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Haiti Place
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NEWS_POSTED_ON:
Nov 20, 2015
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817
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Category :
Haiti News
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Description :
The Atlantic
Nov 20, 2015 | 352-part series
Video by RYOT
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Location :
Haiti
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Website :
http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/415779/painting-the-town-rainbow/
Overview
- In The Painter of Jalouzi, we learn the story of Duval Pierre, one man trying to uplift his community—Haiti's largest slum—through color. He envisions a Jalouzi where color is everywhere, and starts by painting houses and buses with a rainbow of pink, red, purple, and turquoise. "Imagine a place without color," Pierre says. "That is a place without joy."
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