Join us for a special viewing of the CRITICALLY acclaimed haitian film

We welcome you to join us for a special viewing of “Freda,” a film about a family living in Haiti, where the lives of everyday citizens are torn between their love of home and their quest for safety. The film captures the lives of a mother and her three grown children navigating life in Port-au-Prince, torn apart by violence and corruption. The film documents the siblings search for their place amid the country’s fight for justice, spliced with live footage of marches that rocked the capital during the turmoils of 2020. The film captures the beauty of the culture and dichotomies that make Haiti at once beautiful and tragic, causing those caught in its grips to contend with the painful choice of whether to stay or or whether to go.

Donations will go to FOKAL, an organization which provides in part, a focus on Haitian literary and artistic productions through grants and the strengthening of local institutions

Join us for a special viewing and talk with the film maker Richard SÉnÉcal and star Stravensky DÉbrosse

We welcome you to join us for a video conference discussion on Haitian film with film maker Richard Sénécal, and a showing of his film “The Violinist”. The movie depicts the heartwarming story of Stravensky Débrosse, a young man who leaves Haiti after the earthquake of 2010 for the Dominican Republic in search of a better life. There, he finds a teacher and a group of fellow musicians whose passion for music rises above the strife of the country he has left behind. It is a tender story that gives hope in the power of music and the beauty of human connection.

Donations will go to FOKAL, an organization which provides in part, a focus on Haitian literary and artistic productions through grants and the strengthening of local institutions