Two brothers are stuck in a system of political violence. They are leaders in President Aristide’s secret army of slum gangs. One
wants to fight for the president, the other wants out.

Ghosts of Cité Soleil is a frightening film. Asger Leth and his small crew walked right into Cité Soleil – declared by the United Nations
to be the most dangerous place on the planet – and captured the culture of the chimeres, or ‘ghosts,’ who violently control the slums.
The chimeres are controlled by a small handful of leaders, each representing a neighborhood in the Cité. Whatever image you can conjure up of an amoral, pot-smoking, gun-waving gangster who doesn’t care whether you live or die will not likely compare to the men who are front and center in this film.

2Pac and Billy are the main subjects. Loyal to now-ousted President Aristide, these two brothers rule with charisma and an iron-fist.
In the background are the rumblings that Aristide is on his way out, and once he is, the world for 2Pac and Billy changes drastically.
American and French troops move into the Cité and prepare to collect all illegal weapons. What becomes of some of the gang leaders in this shift is shocking – but nothing as shocking as the cycle of violence that keeps churning out impoverished and uneducated youth with
little to no options.

More than a simple sociological examination of the most dangerous place on Earth, Ghosts of Cité Soleil is an intimate human story of what happens to the people who live there.