For the Haitian-American, West Palm Beach native, Edson Jean, “Ludi” is a personal story. Set in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, the compact drama concerns a Haitian immigrant nurse, Ludi (Shein Mompremier), tirelessly working to supply her niece’s American dream. A low-stakes slice of life drama, with a high emotional toll, Jean and co-writer Joshua Jean-Baptiste’s script follows the health care worker for a night as she tries to earn extra money for her family back home.
Continue reading ‘Ludi’: A Modest, But Powerful Critique Of The American Dream [SXSW Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Ludi’: A Modest, But Powerful Critique Of The American Dream [SXSW Review] at The Playlist.
- 3/17/2021
- by Robert Daniels
- The Playlist
Arriving on the festival circuit just as a group of Ivy League-educated millionaires in Congress punted on raising the minimum wage, Edson Jean’s Ludi is an often riveting work of social realism following its title character, a health care aide played by Shein Mompremier as the chases her American Dream. A Haitian immigrant living in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, she engages in spirited debates throughout her daily life, asking her bus driver why he left a dictator in Haiti while embracing Trump’s Maga politics. For Ludi, anything is possible in the US even if she often feels as if she’s working to survive. In one passage we learn her job at a nursing home has taken away her vacation days because she didn’t use them.
Always seeking out overtime and extra shifts, Ludi reluctantly takes her roommate Blanca (Madelin Marchant) up on the offer of a home aide visit,...
Always seeking out overtime and extra shifts, Ludi reluctantly takes her roommate Blanca (Madelin Marchant) up on the offer of a home aide visit,...
- 3/16/2021
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Jasmila Žbanić’s film based on the true events of the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” took home the top prize at the Miami Film Festival.
The Balkan war drama earned the $25,000 Knight Marimbas Award for its richness and resonance for cinema’s future, in addition to the Rene Rodriguez Critics Award. Representing Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is also shortlisted for the Oscars and is nominated for the Independent Spirit Awards and British Academy Film Awards.
The 38th year of the Miami Dade College festival ran March 5-14 both virtually and in-theater. Making its North American premiere, Roberto Salinas’ documentary “Cuban Dancer” won the Knight Made in Mia Feature Film Award. The film earned the $45,000 prize for its use of setting in its story about a Cuban ballet dancer’s culture shock upon relocating to Florida. The jury singled out Edson Jean’s “Ludi” for a special mention...
The Balkan war drama earned the $25,000 Knight Marimbas Award for its richness and resonance for cinema’s future, in addition to the Rene Rodriguez Critics Award. Representing Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is also shortlisted for the Oscars and is nominated for the Independent Spirit Awards and British Academy Film Awards.
The 38th year of the Miami Dade College festival ran March 5-14 both virtually and in-theater. Making its North American premiere, Roberto Salinas’ documentary “Cuban Dancer” won the Knight Made in Mia Feature Film Award. The film earned the $45,000 prize for its use of setting in its story about a Cuban ballet dancer’s culture shock upon relocating to Florida. The jury singled out Edson Jean’s “Ludi” for a special mention...
- 3/14/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
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