Tito
트레일러 재생
Kervens JIMENEZ
- Haiti
- 2023
- 15min
- 12 +
- DCP
- color
Korean Premiere
Synopsis
The 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince Haiti gave way for the escape of all prisoners of the National Penitentiary. Most were rearrested by 2011, including Kervens “Tito” Jimenez, originally imprisoned at the age of 17 for an unfounded crime. In this undercover, self-shot, and cerebral diary, we see the inner workings of the prison from Tito's perspective. An intimate and ominously beautiful memoir, in honor of the late Tito who was ultimately murdered at the age of 25.
Review
Tito is a film dedicated to Kervens Tito Jimenez, a young man from Haiti who was wrongfully accused of a crime and put into an inhumane prison. Tito Jimenez films the site by hiding a camera at a strictly controlled prison and dies at a prison that imprisons criminals without any due process. Since all scenes are filmed by Tito, the film delivers a narrow and suffocating feeling without filtering. The texture of gasping images also symbolizes the human rights infringed by overwhelming violence.
Director
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Kervens JIMENEZ
Kervens “Tito” Jimenez, born in 1989 in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. Much of his youth was spent in an orphanage for boys, and at 17, he was arrested for an unfounded crime. He sat, unconvicted, at the Haitian National Penitentiary, for five years. Despite his imprisonment, he was filled with life, charisma, and hope. He dreamt of owning his own barbershop and one day moving to the United States. More than anything, he loved his family – his brothers, his grandmother, and his daughter. Tito’s life was taken in 2015, days before his 26th birthday.