GOD WILLING, YULI | soupjoumoufilms

SINOPSIS

The life of Yuli, a hatian woman living in the Dominican Republic for more than 35 years, it´s been a permanent fight to rise up her children with dignity, dealing with the precarious immigration status which she has lived with. The child who caused Yuli to cross the border in the beginning of the 80’s is back and he finds his mother after all this time is still trying to fix her situation by the regularization plan that the Dominican government has launched. But, what really makes us belong to a place? How the links between the land and its people are made?

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

"I wanted this documentary to be optimistic, for it to do its part in solidifying relationships between the two worlds that inhabit this small island. Also, to show how these communities, so confronted by history and tradition, are filled with care and harmony. I wish to personify the ongoing debate of Haitian immigration in the Dominican Republic, to give the human faces and names. I want to remind us twhat we have in common is very big, and what is different between us is very interesting."

CREW

Director : Jean Jean

Script & Production : Jean Jean & Rocío Barba

Edition : Marcos Caraballo

Cinematography : Leo Pérez

Prologue's cinematography : Quetzalli Malagón

Sound : Ariel A. Sosa & Franklin Figueroa

Color correction: Adrian Pucheu

Production: Soup Joumou Films

Associated Production : ColorLAB Films

Music : Boukman Eksperyans

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