The More Practice You Have, The Less

One Of The Things That Sparked My Interest In This Is The Case Of Emmanuel Constant, Who Started A Militia Called Fraph That Was Backed By The Cia. Fraph Killed Thousands Of Haitians In The Early 1990s. Now While Constant Is Living Comfortably In Queens, Other Haitians Are Being Deported. I Wanted To See How Those Who Have Been Bruised By People Like That Deal With Coming Face To Face With Their Torturers.

It Is The Calm And Silent Waters That Drown You.

I'm Happy To Be Part Of This Chorus Of People Who Are Trying To Tell More Complex Stories About Haiti.

No, Women Like You Don't Write. They Carve Onion Sculptures And Potato Statues. They Sit In Dark Corners And Braid Their Hair In New Shapes And Twists In Order To Control The Stiffness, The Unruliness, The Rebelliousness.

I Am Very Timid About Speaking For The Collective. I Can Say What I See, I Can Say What I've Heard, I Can Say What I Feel, But I Can't Speak For - No One Can Speak For - 10 Million People, And It Takes Away Something From Them If You Make Yourself Their Voice.