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An exhausted Ludi (Shein Mompremier) sits in a jitney bus during a long ride home. Key stills courtesy of Bantufy Films Ludi, a recipient of the Oolite Arts Cinematic Arts Residency Grant, is also appearing at the 2021 South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival and is the brainchild of Miami natives.
The new film Ludi, the opening night feature for this year’s Miami International Film Festival, follows the life of a Haitian nursing assistant through Miami s Little Haiti neighborhood.
It’s the debut feature by Edson Jean inspired by his mother’s immigrant experience coming from Haiti to Miami.
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