RUN FROM RAIN / Kouri Pou Lapli is a short documentary that follows 16-year-old Macul Nelson, who fled Port Lafiteau near Haiti’s capital after losing both parents to gang violence. Now living in the Central Plateau with a former neighbor who acts as his grandmother, and caring for three younger siblings, Macul navigates the trauma of loss and the pressures of survival in a country destabilized by rising gang control. The film traces his resistance to recruitment, his search for belonging at a rural school, and his effort to rebuild a future—one of over 1 million Haitians displaced and more than 300,000 children without access to education. Macul is now facing displacement again after gangs attacked Mirebalais in March of this year.

Jess DiPierro Obert Director, Producer, Editor

Jacki Huntington Director of Photography, Editor

Roudie Rigaud Marcelin, Sound

Alexa Ballesteros Color

Alim Colin (AlCol) Music

Jen Ng Art Design

Photography Nadia Todres 

Maureen Plaisimond Translation

Executive Producer Carolyn Mellin

Macul Nelson Key Cast

Production Company Strange Luck Studios

Premiered at Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, 2025