Second Hand

Pepe (Secondhand)

What happens to American secondhand clothes? This short film follows donated used clothing from the United States to Haiti, where it becomes "pepe."

Our movie is a conversation about "pepe," the Haitian Creole word for "secondhand goods." We took a radio broadcast and interwove it with live footage from our trip to Haiti to create a patchwork of voices, coming together to make sense of the pepe phenomenon. For Haitians in the age of globalization, it's all pepe all the time.

Pepe (Secondhand) is part of our larger project about the culture and history of used clothing and diaspora communities. Visit http://www.secondhandfilm.com for more. What happens to American secondhand clothes? This short film follows donated used clothing from the United States to Haiti, where it ... more

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