The trip to Haiti, originally planned as a short get-away, inspired a second trip in May and laid the foundation for Kamys' foray into microcinema and multimedia – culminating in the experimental documentary "Stirring Water," its title derived from the Haitian proverb "I stir water to make butter." Despite a severe bout of dengue fever, contracted while shooting in Haiti, the effects of which debilitated Kamys for several months," Stirring Water" was completed in late 2008. It received its world premiere as a documentary finalist in March 2009 at the 11th annual Washington DC Independent Film Festival in a themed program created to explore the African Diaspora. Shot in and around Port-au-Prince, "Stirring Water" employed elements of classic newsreel style documentation, silent era intertitling, and a soundscape of field recordings and original music.