Monica Sorelle
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“We are our own sun.”
– Ousmane Sembene
Directed by Monica Sorelle
Written by Monica Sorelle & Robert Colom
Produced by Robert Colom
Executive Produced by Rhianon Jones, Tristan Scott-Behrends, Adrienne Becker, Emma Thorne, Gillian Williams, and Andi Matichak
Co-Executive Produced by Brent Zachery
Cinematography by Javier Labrador Deulofeu
Edited by Jonathan Cuartas
Original Music by Dyani Douze
Production Design by Helen Peña
Costume Design by Waina Chancy
Filmed on location in Little Haiti, Miami.
While looking for a new home for his family, a Haitian demolition worker is faced with the realities of redevelopment as he is tasked with dismantling his rapidly gentrifying Miami neighborhood.
Starring
Atibon Nazaire, Sheila Anozier, and Chris Renois
Featuring
Serafin Falcon, Roscoè B. Thické III, Yaniel Castillo, Bechir Sylvain, Kerline Alce, Macc Plaise, Karina Bonnefil, Farley Louis, Ovida Alva, Hector Perez, Sydney Presendieu, Elanie Gervil, Weldys Machado, Lina Accius, Pierre Richard Cator, Starr Leavitt, and Rara Lakay
“A quietly magnificent debut.”
– Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture
“Frames the disappearance of Miami’s Little Haiti with a warm, compassionate gaze recalling the masters of social realism – akin to Roberto Rossellini with the touch of Ousmane Sembène’s lighter films.”
— John Fink, The Film Stage
— John Fink, The Film Stage
“Sorelle’s film isn’t necessarily a premature elegy for Little Haiti; it is a quietly moving proclamation of presence.”
— Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter
Tribeca Festival
BlackStar Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Charlotte Film Festival
Mill Valley Film Festival
New Hampshire Film Festival
CinéMartinique Festival
FilmColumbia
AFI Fest
Indie Memphis Film Festival
New Orleans Film Festival
Black Harvest Film Festival
American Film Festival
Film Fest Knox
TIDE Film Festival
Unknown Pleasures – American Independent Film Festival
Göteborg Film Festival
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Pan African Film + Art Festival
Glasgow Film Festival
Green Mountain Film Festival
Movies That Matter Film Festival
Minnesota Film Festival
IFF Panamá
Miami Film Festival
Curaçao International Film Festival
Milwaukee Film Festival
Florida Film Festival
Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt
Filmfest DC
Atlanta Film Festival
Sprouts Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Festival de Cine Africano y de la Diáspora Africana
Festival Der Neue Heimatfilm
Tallahassee Film Festival
Festival de Cine Internacional de Puerto Rico
OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam
Monde En Vues Film Festival
Mashariki African Film Festival
First Films Sydney
Festival de Cine Global de Santo Domingo
Outsiders – American Independent Cinema
Princeton French Film Festival
Film Independent Spirit Awards, Atibon Nazaire for Best Breakthrough Performance – Nominee
Film Independent Spirit Awards, Monica Sorelle for Someone to Watch Award – Winner
Tribeca Festival, Special Jury Mention, U.S. Narrative Feature
BlackStar Film Festival, Audience Award, Best Feature Narrative
Charlotte Film Festival, Best Narrative Feature
Charlotte Film Festival, Best Ensemble Cast
New Hampshire Film Festival, Grand Jury Award, Narrative
IndieMemphis Film Festival, Best Narrative Feature
Film Fest Knox, American Regional Competition Jury Prize
New Orleans Film Festival, Audience Award, Narrative Feature
Miami Film Festival, Made in MIA Feature Film Award
Florida Film Festival, Audience Award, Best Florida Feature
Sprouts Film Festival, Special Mention, Debut Competition
Festival Der Neue Heimatfilm, Special Mention, Feature Film Competition
Florida Film Critics Circle, Golden Orange
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Distributed by Music Box Films in USA & Canada.
International Sales Lidia Damatto, Queralt Pons, & Emma Caviezel, MoreThan Films.
Supported by Neon Heart Productions, Oolite Arts, Level Forward, Frame Hound, Third Horizon, Green Family Foundation, Cafeteria Films, Irony Point, The Gotham Film & Media Institute, Film Independent, New Orleans Film Society, US In Progress, & EFM Fiction Toolbox
International Sales Lidia Damatto, Queralt Pons, & Emma Caviezel, MoreThan Films.
Supported by Neon Heart Productions, Oolite Arts, Level Forward, Frame Hound, Third Horizon, Green Family Foundation, Cafeteria Films, Irony Point, The Gotham Film & Media Institute, Film Independent, New Orleans Film Society, US In Progress, & EFM Fiction Toolbox