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Ryan Ffrench
 is an Australian filmmaker based in Portland, Oregon.
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Emmanuel Broadus
 is a freelance journalist based in Port-au-Prince and the United States.
“Aba Okipasyon” was commissioned by Triple Canopy through its 2011 call for proposals for the 
Research Work project area, which receives support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston, the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council..