Freda
New York African Film Festival 2022
May 12 - 17, 2022
Faced with precarious living conditions and the rise of violence in Haiti, Freda and her family wonders whether to stay or leave, but Freda is determined to believe in the future of her country.
Q&A with Gessica Généus on May 12
Freda lives with her family in a popular neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. They make ends meet thanks to their small street shop. Faced with precarious living conditions and the rise of violence in Haiti, each of them wonders whether to stay or leave, but Freda is determined to believe in the future of her country.
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