Five Haitian films will be screened at this year’s edition of Vues d’Afrique, a film festival that highlights films from the African Dyaspora. Among them…

1. Kamelo: A short directed by Jean-Claude Bourjolly, a filmmaker based in Port-au-Prince.
Screening(s): May 2/2 P.M.
Director: Jean-Claude Bourjolly

Rundown: The film covers the filmmaker’s perspective of life in Port-au-Prince in the early 1980s. According to the festival information sheet, the film also features music from singer Carole Demesmin. Some time ago, I had featured an interview with this very same filmmaker on the site. The interview can be read BY CLICKING HERE.

2. Victorieux ou Morts Mais Jamais Prisonniers [Victorious or Dead, But Never Prisoners],
Screening(s):
Director: Mario Delatour
May 1/ 10 A.M.
May 3/ 2: 15 P.M.
90 Minutes

Rundown: A partly-animated documentary about a would-be of invasion of Haiti by three former members of Haiti’s army. Kreyolicious previously had an interview with this filmmaker as well! You can read it HERE.

3. Jimmy Goes to Hollywood
Screenings: May 2/
Director: Jimmy Jean-Louis

Rundown: A chronicle of the popularity of African cinema.

4. Histoire de la Banque en Haiti [History of Banking in Haiti]
Screening(s): April 30
Director: Frantz Voltaire

Rundown: An introspective look at Haiti’s banking system from the 1880s to contemporary times.

5. N’ap Vanse, Vap Vanse [We’re Moving Right Along]
Screening(s): April 30, 12:15 P.M.
Director: Andre Vanasse

Rundown: Lodging in Haiti.

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Jimmy Jean-Louis was among the celebrities who attended the Miami Film Festival in Miami, Florida this weekend.

Three of the Haitian Hero’s films were being screened at the festival. One of them is Nothing But A Man, a drama co-starring Monica Calhoun of the classic film The Best Man, as well as a host of Haitian-American actors including Rodney Charles and Jean-Pierre Vertus.

Everything But A Man deals with issues a single, black professional woman faces when it comes to romantic relationships.

Another Cargo, directed by Kareem Mortimer, co-stars fellow Haiti native Gessica Geneus. This latter film deals with the smuggling of Haitians in the Bahamas, and the overall immigration issues the Haitian community faces on that island.

Here is Jimmy Jean-Louis posing with Cargo movie director Kareem Mortimer and a guest at the Miami Film Festival.