The Creole Pig: Haiti's Great Loss
2025-08-14
58 minutes.
DocumentaryHistoryTV Moviepoliticshaitieconomyextinction1980slivestockpigsruralendemic diseaseintervention in a foreign countryhaitian communityresource based economyfarmersswine fluhaitian-dominican borderhaitian governmenthaitian united states relationsafrican swine fluu.s. department of agricultureus interventioneconomic depression
Overview
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.
Year 2025
Director Dudley Alexis
Crew Dudley Alexis (Director), Imani L. Warren (Producer), Dudley Alexis (Producer), John LaBonia (Executive Producer), Adrienne Kennedy (Executive Producer), Dudley Alexis (Editor)
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