Five-time Oscar winner Francis Ford Coppola has joined 'Freda,' the Haitian Oscar entry marking the narrative feature debut of actor, singer and documentarian Gessica Généus, as an executive producer
the Haitian Oscar entry marking the narrative feature debut of actor, singer and documentarian Gessica Généus — as an executive producer.
The Creole-language film centers on the title character, who lives with her family in a poor yet vibrant neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, where they make ends meet thanks to their small street shop. Freda wants to believe in the future of her country, but when faced with precarious living conditions and the rise of violence in Haiti, she and her family wonder whether to stay or leave.
Coppola is a long-time advocate of Haitian cinema and a patron of the Artists Institute of Haiti, a private foundation which looks to educate youths in the cinematic arts, and to empower the country’s film and music industries, both at the national level and on the international stage. The renowned filmmaker was among the organization’s original donors when its Ciné Institute film school first opened in 2008, and has remained committed to supporting it annually, ever since.
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