Fatal Assistance(Assistance Mortelle)

Name: Fatal Assistance
Genre: Documentary

France, Haiti, United States · 2013
1h 40m
Director Raoul Peck
Starring
Genre Documentary

Haitian born filmmaker Raoul Peck takes us on a 2-year journey inside the challenging, contradictory and colossal rebuilding efforts in post-earthquake Haiti.

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Variety by

Fatal Assistance is a powerful indictment of the aid process, though Peck lets Haitian politicos off too lightly, and the voiceovers would be better on paper.

Village Voice by Daphne Howland

Peck's documentary is not a penetrating look at at Haiti's post-quake problems, but a scattered, impressionistic one.

The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young

Fatal Assistance is a chilling indictment of how billions of dollars in aid were squandered or lost, and how aid and politics are inextricably linked.

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

A potent, persuasive and quietly furious documentary.

Boston Globe by Peter Keough

Fatal Assistance has few answers, and adds little clarity.