06-04-2010, 06:09 AM
Disaster filmmaker declares situation in Haiti out of control
By Carol Forsloff.
Veteran filmmaker Lou Angeli is no novice to disasters, and he says the situation in Haiti is out of control and worsening by the day.
Angeli recently returned from Haiti following a 7-day circuit in which he met with medical teams from Delaware's Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children. Since Angeli is an emergency medical technician with 30 years experience, he rolled up his sleeves and went to work with others to help the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti three months ago, claiming an estimated 250,000 lives. What Angeli describes is a grim scene of severely ill and injured people with terrible complications who are clinging to life and hope with minimal support. The medical team Angeli is involved with is seeing not just the victims of the earthquake disaster but other patients with unrelated injuries, victims that have burn injuries, injuries from falls or who have been shot in acts of violence that still grip the city in some quarters. Angeli is a veteran filmmaker who has witnessed other disaster areas and has documented rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero and two wars. He declares the disaster in Haiti is especially poignant. Water, food, medicine and diapers remain sorely-needed items in a city ravaged by lack of resources and state-of-the-art equipment required for adequate support and rehabilitation of the country's citizens. He said this, "Life in Port-Au-Prince is like a scene from a motion picture dealing with Apocalypse. "There is no order whatsoever in the Haitian capital, and it’s just a matter of time before frustration and desperation will lead to all out chaos." The filmmaker has been in Haiti to debrief cameramen and technical folks on the elements of documenting the crisis. Angeli declares, in a press release as he makes preparations for the film, "Many of the docs and nurses have mixed emotions about what took place during their stay in Port-Au-Prince." He also says the medical team members are concerned and compassionate toward Haiti's unfortunate, but then adds it seems unlikely order will be restored to such a dangerous and poor nation.
http://digitaljournal.com/article/289970
By Carol Forsloff.
Veteran filmmaker Lou Angeli is no novice to disasters, and he says the situation in Haiti is out of control and worsening by the day.
Angeli recently returned from Haiti following a 7-day circuit in which he met with medical teams from Delaware's Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children. Since Angeli is an emergency medical technician with 30 years experience, he rolled up his sleeves and went to work with others to help the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti three months ago, claiming an estimated 250,000 lives. What Angeli describes is a grim scene of severely ill and injured people with terrible complications who are clinging to life and hope with minimal support. The medical team Angeli is involved with is seeing not just the victims of the earthquake disaster but other patients with unrelated injuries, victims that have burn injuries, injuries from falls or who have been shot in acts of violence that still grip the city in some quarters. Angeli is a veteran filmmaker who has witnessed other disaster areas and has documented rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero and two wars. He declares the disaster in Haiti is especially poignant. Water, food, medicine and diapers remain sorely-needed items in a city ravaged by lack of resources and state-of-the-art equipment required for adequate support and rehabilitation of the country's citizens. He said this, "Life in Port-Au-Prince is like a scene from a motion picture dealing with Apocalypse. "There is no order whatsoever in the Haitian capital, and it’s just a matter of time before frustration and desperation will lead to all out chaos." The filmmaker has been in Haiti to debrief cameramen and technical folks on the elements of documenting the crisis. Angeli declares, in a press release as he makes preparations for the film, "Many of the docs and nurses have mixed emotions about what took place during their stay in Port-Au-Prince." He also says the medical team members are concerned and compassionate toward Haiti's unfortunate, but then adds it seems unlikely order will be restored to such a dangerous and poor nation.
http://digitaljournal.com/article/289970
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