New Perspectives on Haiti: Screening of Freda

Please join us for a screening of FREDA a film by Haitian writer-director Gessica Généus. The film follows the life of Freda, a young Haitian woman, who lives in a poor neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. Her family makes ends meet thanks to their small street shop in the Haitian capital. Faced with precarious living conditions and the rise of violence in Haiti, each of them wonders whether to stay or leave. Freda wants to believe in the future of her country.

The screening will be followed by a discussion between Gessica Généus and Professor Shanna Jean-Baptiste.