LIBERTY IN A SOUP
Country: Haiti, USA
Language: Creole, English, French
Subtitles: English
Running Time: 70min
Film Year: 2016
Category: Special Presentation
Food is nourishment, food is pleasure, food is comfort—and food is also history, culture and memory. This delectable documentary from Miami artist and filmmaker Dudley Alexis explores the depths of significance to be digested in joumou, a traditional pumpkin-based soup consumed in Dudley’s native Haiti every Haitian Independence Day, which also happens to be New Year’s Day. The ritual preparation of joumou is an emblem of freedom for Haitians, redolent of Revolutionary ideals, emancipation and victory. Join Dudley on this personal journey as he returns to Haiti to investigates joumou, its meanings—and its culinary delights.
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credits
Director: Dudley Alexis
Producer: Dudley Alexis, Ludlow Bailey, Shahilia Reid
Screenwriter: Dudley Alexis
Executive Producer: Frederic G. Chery, Dudley Alexis
Cinematographer: Anderson Gil, Dudley Alexis, Rashaud Michel
Editor: Dudley Alexis