''Stateless'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by

Michèle Stephenson Michèle Stephenson is a Haitian filmmaker and former human rights attorney. Stephenson is known for her commitment to making personal human stories that are often excluded from mainstream media. Career With spouse Joe Brewster, Stephenson fou ...

and released in 2020. The film centres on the crisis of

Haitians in the Dominican Republic The Haitian minority of the Dominican Republic ( es, Haitianos en la República Dominicana; ht, Ayisyen nan Dominikani; french: Haïtiens en République dominicaine) is the largest ethnic minority in the Dominican Republic since the early 20th ce ...

, many of whom have been left stateless by the Dominican Republic's 2013 decision to strip citizenship from Haitian immigrants and their descendants. The film premiered on April 15, 2020 at the

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. It was subsequently screened as part of the 2020

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, where it won the special jury prize for Canadian documentaries, and at the

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, where it won the award for Best Feature Documentary. It was released for streaming through the

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's website. The film received a

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nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the

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in 2021, and was a nominee for the

DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film The DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film is an annual Canadian award, presented by the Directors Guild of Canada to honour the year's best direction in documentary films in Canada. The award was renamed in 2010 to honour influential Canadi ...

at the 2021

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awards.Kelly Townsend
"All My Puny Sorrows leads film nominees for 2021 DGC Awards"
'' Playback'', September 24, 2021.

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