Haiti fact of the day

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.

Here is much more.  Here is part of the story:

The arrival of inexpensive digital video cameras and editing equipment opened the door to budding Haitian filmmakers, lowering production cost from hundreds of thousands of dollars or more to about $40,000 — money that typically comes from private sponsors or local investors who receive a percentage of the film's earnings.

Haitian immigrants to the U.S. support the market as well.  Here is the Haiti Internet Movie Database.