DIRECTED BY

EDSON JEAN

WRITTEN BY

EDSON JEAN

STORY BY

MARCKENSON CHARLES

STARRING

SHEIN MOMPREMIER
DONALD PAUL
CAROLE ARTY
EDSON JEAN

SUBJECTS

MENTAL HEALTH
FAITH
FAMILY
MEDIA MISINFORMATION

LANGUAGES

ENGLISH
HAITIAN-CREOLE

RUNTIME

72 MINUTES

SUBTITLES

ENGLISH

SYNOPSIS

IN MAY 2012, JIMMY HILAIRE ATTACKED A HOMELESS MAN ON THE
MACARTHUR CAUSEWAY BEFORE BEING KILLED BY POLICE. AS
SENSATIONALIZED DETAILS OF THE ATTACK LEAK TO THE PRESS,
THE "MIAMI ZOMBIE" NEWS STORY QUICKLY GAINS GROUND. ACROSS
TOWN, JIMMY'S BROTHER KENSON IS UNEXPECTEDLY THRUST INTO A
WHIRLWIND WHEN IMAGES OF HIS BROTHER ARE SUDDENLY PLASTERED
ACROSS MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS. PROFOUNDLY SHAKEN, KENSON DIVES
INTO PREPARING JIMMY'S FUNERAL, DISCOVERING THAT TO PRESERVE HIS
BROTHER'S MEMORY HE MUST COMBAT THE SEDUCTIVE LIES TOLD BY
THE MEDIA AND LOCAL HAITIAN CHURCH LEADERS. LOCKED IN THE
STRUGGLE, KENSON IS FORCED TO RECONCILE THE MEMORY OF HIS
LOVING BROTHER WITH THE HARROWING DETAILS OF HIS DEATH.

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