Madan Sara Film Screening and virtual Q&A with Director Etant Dupain and Producer Lu Childs
Thursday, February 15, 2024; 5-6:30 pm
The Bleachers at the UAM
Public Zoom Link for Q&A starting at approximately 5:50 pm MST:
https://nmsu.zoom.us/j/86962071591
Join the UAM in a screening of Etant Dupain’s award-winning documentary Madan Sara. After the screening, Director Etant Dupain and Producer Lu Childs will answer questions from the audience in a virtual Q&A.
The women known as madan sara in Haiti work tirelessly to buy, distribute, and sell food and other essentials in markets throughout the country. Despite the obstacles faced by the women working in a sector that lacks investment, infrastructure and state assistance, the madan sara continue to be one of the most critical parts of the Haitian economy and culture. The film Madan Sara tells the stories of these indefatigable women who work at the margins to make Haiti’s economy run. In the face of intense hardship and social stigma, the madan sara put their children through school, house their families, and ensure a better life for generations to come. This film amplifies the calls of the madan sara as they speak directly to the audience to share their dreams for a more just Haiti.
Watch the trailer for the film here: https://www.madansarafilm.com/
Etant Dupain is a journalist, filmmaker, and community organizer. For over a decade, he has worked as a producer on documentaries and for international news media outlets including Al Jazeera, TeleSur, BBC, CNN, Netflix, PBS, and Vice. Etant founded an alternative media project in Haiti to enable citizen journalists to provide access to information in Haitian Creole for and about internally-displaced people, aid accountability, and politics. His film Madan Sara is inspired by the strength of his mother and the women known as the madan sara who make Haiti’s economy run.
Lu Childs is the Co-owner of Street Team Productions and the Co-Executive Producer of Madan Sara. As a New York City native, he along with his friends decided to create a company that would make content that appealed to their demographic. Street Team is a New York City based company that creates entertainment content for different platforms. They are currently working on a documentary about Haiti titled Haiti 1974, about the journey of the 1974 Haiti World Cup team.
