Far Away

In 1964, following the landing of around thirty men intent on overthrowing him, the Haitian dictator Duvalier launched a campaign of terror to deter peasants from joining the rebellion, composed of men from the Southeast region where they had settled. Over 50 years later, the peasants recount their story for the first time.

Nadia is a Haitian biologist living in Cuba, researching local wildlife. Until she receives a visit from deep waters, and the Cuban forest begins to speak in other languages. On that day, Haiti never seemed so far from Nadia.

To break a spell, Maya invokes the spirit of Ayo: a former love who is turning into an egum, to help her create a Patuá, a Yoruba spiritual protection amulet. Together they invoke their ancestors, thus allowing Maya to continue with her life, while Ayo completes her journey to the world of the dead.

A short film about the director’s relationship with sewing, a craft he knew from a very young age thanks to his seamstress mother.