Directed by Miryam Charles

Directed by Miryam Charles

8 Episodes

As if conjured from a distant dream or a faded memory, the films of Haitian-Canadian director Miryam Charles are hushed, ghostly meditations on family, memory, trauma, colonization, and migration. Employing richly evocative sound design and tactile 16 mm texture, her impressionistic shorts and her stunning feature documentary CETTE MAISON approach the diasporic experience from oblique, deeply personal angles, with each frame haunted by the landscapes and sounds of an ancestral Haiti that is at once far away and ever present.

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Directed by Miryam Charles

8 Episodes

  • Cette maison
    1:13:49
    Cette maison
    Episode 1

    Cette maison

    Episode 1

    Directed by Miryam Charles • Canada • 2022
    Starring Schelby Jean-Baptiste, Florence Blain Mbaye, Marie Yardly Kavanagh

    Shot on dreamy 16 mm, the stunning debut feature from Haitian-Canadian filmmaker Miryam Charles resurrects a tragedy that occurred within her own family—the unresolved death of ...

  • Fly, Fly Sadness
    05:26
    Fly, Fly Sadness
    Episode 2

    Fly, Fly Sadness

    Episode 2

    Directed by Miryam Charles • 2015 • Canada, Haiti

    Following a nuclear explosion that transforms the voices of all the inhabitants of an island, a Finnish journalist goes there in order to find a hermit with mysterious powers.

  • Towards the Colonies
    05:11
    Towards the Colonies
    Episode 3

    Towards the Colonies

    Episode 3

    Directed by Miryam Charles • 2016 • Canada, Haiti

    When a young girl is found off the Venezuelan coast, a medical examiner will try to determine the cause of death before the body is repatriated.

  • A Fortress
    05:38
    A Fortress
    Episode 4

    A Fortress

    Episode 4

    Directed by Miryam Charles • 2018 • Haiti, Canada
    Starring Ève Duranceau, Matthew Rankin

    ‍After the death of their adoptive daughter, a couple goes to Haiti looking for her relatives. There, they meet with a DNA specialist who might have the power of resurrection.

  • Three Atlas
    06:30
    Three Atlas
    Episode 5

    Three Atlas

    Episode 5

    Directed by Miryam Charles • 2018 • Canada, Haiti

    A maid is suspected of murdering her former employer. Questioned by the police, she will reveal the existence of a supernatural power.

  • Second Generation
    05:04
    Second Generation
    Episode 6

    Second Generation

    Episode 6

    Directed by Miryam Charles • 2019 • Canada

    A few days before her wedding, a young woman learns that her fiancé is accused of sexual assault. She goes to Haiti to confront the alleged victim.

  • Song for the New World
    09:05
    Song for the New World
    Episode 7

    Song for the New World

    Episode 7

    Directed by Miryam Charles • 2021 • Canada

    Years after the disappearance of her father in Scotland, a young woman recalls her childhood on a Caribbean island.

  • All the Days of May
    07:00
    All the Days of May
    Episode 8

    All the Days of May

    Episode 8

    Directed by Miryam Charles • 2023 • Canada
    Starring Schelby Jean-Baptiste, Florence Blain Mbaye

    Following the shooting of a documentary on the death of her daughter, a mother reflects on her own life and especially on the passing of time.

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