Patricia Benoit

2021

Patricia Benoit is a Haitian-American director of short and feature films. She was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and grew up in Queens, New York. Her family was forced into exile under the Duvalier dictatorship, fleeing to France before moving to the United States. She is best known for her critically acclaimed debut feature film Stones in the Sun.

Benoit has received multiple awards and accolades during her career, including the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival award for Best Debut Narrative Director and the Special Jury Prize for Best Narrative Director. She has also participated in the Sundance Directors and Screenwriters Lab. In 2007, Benoit became the winner of the first Time Warner Storytelling Award. Additionally, she co-founded the Haitian Women's Program and has been an artist-in-residence at Ramapo College in New Jersey.

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Stones in the Sun

Patricia Benoit

In the midst of increasing political violence, a young couple, two sisters, and a father and son are driven from Haiti to New York, where they must confront the truths of their interlocked pasts.

Stones in the Sun

7.7 ⚠️ 2012

Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground

Craig McKay, Bob Balaban

Jerry Stiller, Стив Зан

The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes. The tales showcase an ensemble of familiar faces, and range from stories of compassion and love to reflections on violence and loss. Among them: a disabled beggar quarrels with a woman and ruins her shoes with his wheelchair, provoking onlookers to wrath and pity; a skittish tourist proves to be her own worst enemy; a newlywed trysts with a mysterious sexpot; a commuter helplessly witnesses a suicide attempt; and, in the most affecting segment, a young woman grieves over her mother's imminent death.

Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground

6.5 ⚠️ 1997

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