La Source
- Patrick Shen
- Patrick ShenBrandon VedderJordan Wagner
- Don Cheadle
- Patrick ShenBrandon Vedder
- Patrick ShenBrandon Vedder
Narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Crash), in what The Washington Post calls an “artfully shot documentary,” 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.
A hit at the 2012 AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival where it received a standing ovation and a nomination for the Social Impact Award, this film is not just a movie about clean water and community transformation; it is a story of one unlikely hero, empowered by a vision, who did whatever it took to ignite the passion of people thousands of miles away to change the lives of those in La Source forever.
Opened in theaters in Los Angeles and New York in August 2012.
- AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs
- San Francisco Green Film Festival
- Omaha Film Festival
- Greenbay Film Festival
- ArcLight Cinemas Doc Festival
- Rome International Film Festival
- Hammer Museum
- USC School of Cinematic Arts
- Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival
- San Francisco Green Film Festival
“Some documentaries just make you feel good about the world and the people in it and ‘La Source’ is definitely one of those.”
“Directed by Patrick Shen and narrated by the lovely Don Cheadle with music scored by Sigur Ros, La Source is cut from exceptional talent.”
“This film offers terrific images that allude to internal states, loneliness and worry, resolve and poise.”