Secondhand (Pepe) has been a truly collaborative project. Special thanks to:
- Bill Schapiro for sharing his grandfather's memoir
- Yvon Lamour for hosting a show about pepe on the Caribbean Forum
- Trenton Daniel for his translation and fixing while shooting in Haiti
- MIT's Comparative Media Studies department—especially Neal Grigsby & Generoso Fierro
- Robb Moss & Alfred Guzzetti for their advice
- Mike Vazquez for his interest in our photos for Transition Magazine
Secondhand (Pepe) features Jeffrey Alexander, Sona Alexis, Leoni Hermantin, Yvon Lamour, Frank & Marie-Serge Lezin, Jospeh Nicodeme, Matt Pakulski, Telmon Pleusimon, Chantal Regnault, Cruff Renard, Ed Stubin, Patrick Sylvain, Lionel Viege, & the Caribbean Forum callers. Adapted from the memoir of Bernard Schapiro, with special thanks to Bill Schapiro.
CREDITS:
A Film by: Shell & Bertozzi
Produced by: Hanna Rose Shell
Edited by: Vanessa Bertozzi
Sound by: Luke Fischbeck
Research by: Hanna Rose Shell
Translation by: Gary Dauphin
Additional Photo by: Randy Bell
Additional Sound by: Mike Reed
Additional Translation by: Ronnell Charles, Franklin Dalembert, Trenton Daniel
Generous Funding by: Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities
Fiscally-sponsored by: Documentary Educational Resources
Produced at: Harvard’s Film Study Center & MIT’s Comparative Media Studies program
 •Bobby•Vintage connoisseur, owner of Bobby From Boston |
 •Liz•Store manager, Dollar-a-Pound |
 •Bruce•Secondhand clothing entrepreneur, former ragdealer & owner of Dollar-a-Pound |
 •Lenny•Used men's formalwear, owner of Keezer's |
 •Gretchen•Bride-to-be, bought a used wedding dress used |
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 •Tenzin•Donations pick-up, worker at the Salvation Army |
 •Kencoff guys discuss pepe |
 •Matt Pakulski packs it in to a Vietnam Vets collections truck |
 •Sona, a seamstress in Port-au-Prince |
 •Ace pops a bale at a ragyard in New Bedford |
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 A pepe shoe dealer in Port-au-Prince |
 Josue delivers pepe from rag sorting yards to shipping yards |
 Yvon hosts the Caribbean Forum on WZBC |
 Georges gives us a Haitian history lesson |
 Patrick donates clothes to Haiti |
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 Linda sorts at a New Bedford ragyard |
 Frankie and Marie-Serge packing bales for Haiti |
 Balers at Dollar-a-Pound |
for more photos, please visit our flickr page | ||