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La source

Tells the uplifting story of Josue Lajuenesse, a Haitian Princeton janitor who returns to his country after the devastating 2010 earthquake to revive his lifelong dream to bring what is most fundamental to his village's survival: clean water. Features music by Sigur Ros.

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  • "Tells the uplifting story of Josue Lajuenesse, a Haitian Princeton janitor who returns to his country after the devastating 2010 earthquake to revive his lifelong dream to bring what is most fundamental to his village's survival: clean water. Features music by Sigur Ros."@en
  • "Presents the story of Josue Lajuenesse, a Haitian janitor at Princeton University, who returns to his country after the 2010 earthquake to realize his lifelong dream to bring clean water to his villiage."
  • "A documentary that tells the story of Josue Lajuenesse, a Haitian working as a janitor at Princeton University who returns to his country after the devastating 2010 earthquake. With the assistance of the humanitarian organization Operation Blessing he succeeds in realizing his lifelong dream to bring what is most fundamental to his village's survival--clean water."@en
  • ""In La Source (pronounced lah-soos), Haiti water does not come easily. Each day, villagers of this small, rural community must choose between enduring a long, treacherous walk to retrieve clean water or drink contaminated water from a nearby river. For over 30 years, the villagers have attempted to address this problem by constructing a means of channeling the water from a natural spring in the mountains, but with limited funding and an unsupportive government their attempts to provide clean water were to no avail. Since he was a teenager, Josue Lajeunesse, along with his brother Chrismedonne have dreamt of remedying this problem for their people. In 1989, Josue moved from La Source to New Jersey where he found employment as a custodian at Princeton University. His custodial work and second job as a taxi driver, which total close to 20 hours a day, allows him to send money home to La Source so that he and Chrismedonne, a bricklayer in La Source, could work on channeling the water from the mountain into their village. First introduced to audiences in Director Patrick Shen's critically-acclaimed and multiple awardwinning documentary, The Philosopher Kings, Josue Lajeunesse has inspired thousands through his story of selflessness and resilience. Since the sold-out premiere screenings of The Philosopher Kings at AFI-Discovery Channel's Silverdocs Film Festival in 2009, audiences everywhere have rallied around Josue and donated to his cause of completing a fresh water system for the inhabitants of La Source. "It was at our Silverdocs Q&A that I had the realization that my involvement with Josue's story was far from over," says Shen. "The first hand that went up led to a whole discussion about how others could get involved with Josue and his efforts to bring water to La Source and that became a recurring thing at every screening of the film." Amidst all of this, a massive earthquake ravaged Haiti in 2010 and sent the country into a tailspin while the rest of the globe sprung into action to come to its aid. Meanwhile for Shen and his team, what began as a humanitarian endeavor to help Josue, quickly evolved into a new follow up film about Josue, his return to Haiti for the first time post-earthquake, and his decades-long struggle to save the people of his village. "We were unsure as to whether or not this would become a film someday. We just knew something powerful and amazing was happening." -- from distributor's website"@en
  • "Presents the story of Josue Lajeunesse, a Haitian janitor at Princeton University, who returns to his country after the 2010 earthquake to realize his lifelong dream to bring clean water to his village."@en
  • "Follows Josue Lajuenesse, a custodian at Princeton University who travels home to his hometown in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake to bring them clean water."

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