Hyun Yong Park Films Documentary in Haiti after Earthquake Disaster

“I can’t stop crying when I interviewed the woman who lost her husband and two month old baby from this disaster” says New York Film Academy Film School student Hyun Yong Park.

Hyun traveled to Haiti last week to shoot his first documentary and returned to New York City with a story of his own.

“With my crew GMIT, the Korean American Film Organization which is based on California, I stayed for a week. First, we flew from JFK for 4 hours to Dominica Republic and transfer to a bus to get to Haiti international Airport, it took 8 hours,  then after another 1 hour trip, I finally got to Port-au-Prince. I was able to witness the places that reporters and volunteers couldn’t go due to the security and trouble in transportation. I almost got my camera taken away by gang members and was even beaten in the middle of a riot.

The reason why I am making the documentary is so that people can see the importance and need to help Haiti. I videotaped the destroyed Haiti, people with diseases and their everyday life after the disaster the earthquake brought to Haiti. I filmed 7 hours of footage which will be used for my documentary.”