Overview

Every New Year, and in celebration of their Independence, Haitian families gather together to feast in honor of a line of ancestors that fought for their freedom. The centerpiece of the festivity is the joumou soup—a traditional soup dating back centuries ago. The joumou soup is a concretization of war and victory, oppression and emancipation, and the deeply rooted celebratory traditions of the Haitian culture.

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Cast

Edwidge Danticat

David Destinoble

Karenne Cadet

Wislaine Charles Cadet

Jean Claude Exulien

Bayyainah E. Bello

Edwine Thevenin

Ludlow E. Bailey

Benjamin Hebblethwaite

Babacar M'Bow