In the 1980s, a swine flu crossed the Haitian-Dominican border and started to affect the Creole pig, an important commodity in Haiti. The flu also threatened livestock in the United States. As a preemptive measure, the USAID in conjunction with the Haitian government proceeded to exterminate all Creole pigs from the island, leading to a crushing economic blow for an already impoverished country.
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- Released
- Production
- PBS, WLRN-TV
Keywords
- politics
- haiti
- economy
- extinction
- 1980s
- livestock
- pigs
- rural
- endemic disease
- intervention in a foreign country
- haitian community
- resource based economy
- farmers
- swine flu
- haitian-dominican border
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Top Cast
Me'Lisa Modestil as Narrator (voice)
Jean-Daniel Lafontant as Self
Dimmy Herard as Self
Carole Demesmin as Self
Bertrand Laurent as Self
Timothy Schwartz as Self
Michel Chancy as Self
Cecile Accilien as Self
Top Crew
Dudley Alexis · Director, Writer
Frederic G. Chery · Writer
Imani L. Warren · Producer
John LaBonia · Executive Producer
Adrienne Kennedy · Executive Producer
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