Before and after the quake

Videos from Jacmel after the earthquake

Editor's note: Some videos below are courtesty of Jacmel's Ciné Institute, which provides Haitian youth with film education and technical training. Click here to learn more.

As relief workers and the Canadian Forces arrived in Jacmel, so did journalists who captured the early efforts to stabilize the city after the destruction of the Jan. 12 earthquake:

Governor-General's Haiti visit

Michaëlle Jean makes an emotional visit to her homeland following January's devastating earthquake.

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Tales of rescue and heroism after the quake

Ciné Institute students interview survivors and local heroes on their rescue efforts shortly after the quake hit Jacmel

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A day in the life of Ciné Institute

Since the quake, the Ciné Institute of Jacmel, Haiti's only film school, has turned to documenting the aftermath. Here, the director shows the damage to the city, the school's facilities, and how the students are continuing their work.

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Corporal Lucy Rouleau, left, from Quebec City, and Corporal Monique Bartlett , from Oromocto, N.B., hold Monique Lucy Marie after delivering her at the Canadian DART medical clinic in Jacmel, Haiti. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

Jacmel baby named after Canadians

The first baby born in Jacmel since the earthquake has been named after the two Canadians who helped delivered her. Monique-Lucie Marie was born at Canada's military hospital in the city.

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Canadian troops focus on Jacmel

The coastal outpost of Jacmel has become the focal point for Canadian aid in the wake of the Haitian earthquake, which hammered the town where Governor-General Michaëlle Jean has close family ties.

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Jacmel airport a hub for delivery of aid

Jacmel's tiny airport is buzzing with activity as workers and military deliver aid to earthquake victims along the southern coast of Haiti.

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Videos from Jacmel before the earthquake

Carnaval at Ti Mouillage: One of kids' ra-ra bands that go through the town and along the beaches during Carnaval. This was at the Amitie Hotel at Ti Mouillage.

Kanaval before the quake

Globe reader Steve Krause sent us videos he took in Jacmel in 2006. Included are shots of a 'bann a pye.' These bands play every Sunday during the weeks leading up to Kanaval, picking up followers as they go through the streets. During the week of Kanaval itself, they go all day and for most of the night. Another clip shows local kids playing for tourists in rara bands at Ti Mouillage beach.

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Haitian constuction team pouring the roof of a building. There are virtually no access to concrete pumpers in Haiti, and so this is the typical method, where the concrete is mixed at ground level and put in buckets passed rapidly up the ladder from one worker to the next. Note the supports for the wooden ladder, as well as the concrete roof itself, are just branches cut to length.

Steve Krause's video of Jacmel construction workers

This short video taken by Canadian Steve Krause shows how construction is generally done in Haiti, specifically how the roofs are poured.

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Scenes of every day life, celebration and the community, as captured by students at Haiti's only film school, Ciné Institute. More videos from the school on YouTube.

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