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Our Lives in Transit – documentary sheds light on harsh realities faced by ‘legal ghosts’ in Dominican Republic

9 March 2016

Languages: Spanish
Subtitles: English
Produced and directed by: Sofia Olins
Runtime: 30 mins

Our Lives in Transit is a documentary showing life in the Dominican Republic in the aftermath of a controversial law that leaves over 200,000 people doubting their own identity.

Rosa Iris is a young and determined lawyer; we experience a year in her life as she fights for the rights of her community.

There is a huge threat over her and others in her position. She is no longer allowed to call the country she was born in, home. ID documents are being confiscated, buses are picking up anyone without proof of who they are and deportations have started.

Despite living in the Dominican Republic all their lives, Dominicans of Haitian Descent face daily discrimination, sometimes violent. Because their parents or grandparents were born in next door Haiti, but mainly because they are black.

This story of migration and nationality, rejection and belonging resonates with people all over the world. Identity and integration have never been so relevant, as we face a global crisis over who has the right to live where, how communities form and who we are.


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“Vidas en tránsito” es un documental que muestra el transcurso de la vida en República Dominicana después de la aprobación de una ley que ha despojado a 200.0000 personas de su identidad.

Conviviremos durante un año con Rosa Iris, una joven y entusiasta abogada, mientras lucha por los derechos de su comunidad.

Una gran amenaza se cierne ante ella y muchas otras personas en su situación. Ya no tienen derecho a llamar hogar la tierra que los vio nacer. Sus documentos son confiscados, pueden detenerlos por no contar con pruebas de identidad y se enfrentan al riesgo de ser deportados.

A pesar de haber nacido y vivido toda la vida en República Dominicana, las personas dominicanas de ascendencia haitiana se enfrentan diariamente a discriminaciones, en ocasiones incluso violencia. En parte porque sus padres o abuelos nacieron en el vecino Haití, pero principalmente por el color de su piel.

Esta es una historia de migración y nacionalidad, rechazo y pertenencia, que resuena en todo el mundo. Nunca como hoy habían sido tan relevantes los conceptos de identidad e integración, en un momento en el que nos enfrentamos a una crisis global en torno a quién puede vivir dónde, cómo se configuran las comunidades y, en última instancia, quiénes somos.

 width=This film is funded by the European Union. This content is the sole responsibility of Minority Rights Group International and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union.