When swine fever infects the Haitian black pig, American Aid steps in to help. The Americans set up a programme to eradicate the black pig population, both diseased and healthy animals. To help further the USA introduced huge American pigs, which as local people complained, needed better living conditions than Haitian people were used to. Just one of the things the Americans forgot to take into account was the cultural and economic significance of the creole pig.

Vignettes from Haitian people bring to life what the pig meant to them and that its loss has serious implications in terms of social impact and driving communities into more acute poverty. Have any black pigs survived? Well find out as Haitians Edgar and Juste set out to answer that question in this fascinating documentary that gives us a window into a society that few of us know much about. And were delighted to welcome Director Leah Gordon to join us to answer your questions first-hand, so if you want to know more about economic imperialism or voodoo, this is your chance.

Plus we have a bonus Leah Gordon short film for you, Atis- Rezistans the Sculptors of Grand Rue, to start the evening off. Leah’s 2008 34 minute film looks at a group of voodoo artists in Port au Prince.

Surreal journey through Haiti of voodoo priest Edgar and Rasta Juste to discover if any native black American pigs survive. British Film Institute

Maggie O’Kane of the Guardian, wrote and narrated the commentary to this terribly memorable film. Desmond Christy, The Guardian