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Esery Mondesir, What Happens to a Dream Deferred, 2020

Documentary 25m Canada, Haiti

Esery Mondesir (b. 1974, Port-au-Prince; lives in Toronto)

It’s New Year’s Eve in Tijuana, Mexico. Wood and Colonel are busy making Soup Joumou to celebrate Haitian Independence Day with their friends at the “Trap House”. As their cooking progresses, memories of the perilous journey that brought them to the US/Mexico border two years ago resurface.

Español

Esery Mondesir (n. 1974, Port-au-Prince; reside en Toronto)

Es Nochevieja en Tijuana, México. Wood y Colonel están ocupados preparando Sopa Joumou para celebrar el Día de la Independencia de Haití con sus amigos en la “Casa de droga/Olla/fumadero”. A medida que avanzan su preparación, resurgen los recuerdos del peligroso viaje que los llevó a la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México dos años atrás.

Kreyól Ayisyen

Esery Mondesir (Fèt an 1974, nan vil Pòtoprens; L ap viv nan Toronto)

Se lavèy nouvèl ane a nan Tijuana, Meksik. Wood ak Kolonèl ap fè Soup Joumou pou selebre Jounen Endepandans Ayiti ak zanmi yo nan “Trap House”la. Pandan y ap kwit soup la, souvni vwayaj danjere ki te mennen yo nan fwontyè Etazini ak Meksik la de lane de sa retounen.


ESERY MONDESIR, What Happens to a Dream Deferred, 2020. Color video, with sound, 24 min., 35 sec. © Esery Mondesir. Courtesy of the artist.

Director

Esery Mondesir

Language

Haitian Creole

Subtitles

Español (Latinoamérica), Kreyòl ayisyen, English

Closed Captions [CC]

Español (Latinoamérica), Kreyòl ayisyen, English

Countries

Canada, Haiti

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