This selection of Haitian films examines how historical legacies, global economic structures, and migration intersect in lived experience.
The collection includes:
• Looking for Life
• The Last Meal
• Ludi
Purchase gives streaming access (PPR) to all three films.
Looking for Life reveals the everyday impact of globalization in Haiti, where women navigate survival within an economy reshaped by external pressures. The Last Meal traces the lasting imprint of the Duvalier era, showing how political violence carries into memory, family, and diaspora. Ludi follows a Haitian immigrant in the United States, confronting the realities behind the promise of opportunity and the weight of obligation across borders.
Together, these films form a continuum—from conditions at home to the experience of leaving and rebuilding elsewhere. They invite students to engage Haiti not as a fixed narrative, but as a lived process shaped by power, resilience, and movement.
