Edson Jean

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My artistic practice centers on culturally rooted storytelling that investigates emotional landscapes through a Haitian and Caribbean diasporic lens. Driven by a fascination with migration, spiritual displacement, and ancestral memory, my work blends folklore, and psychological depth to articulate experiences often left on the periphery.

My films explore grief, survival, and fractured family bonds shaped by displacement and silence. Ludi follows a Haitian nurse in Miami navigating the quiet pressures of caregiving and self-erasure. Know Me reframes the 2012 “Bath Salts” phenomenon through a grieving brother’s fight for dignity in the wake of public tragedy. These stories draw from family conversations that compel me to examine the emotional and spiritual costs of migration and how generational silence can mask unresolved sorrow.

My practice seeks to reveal underrepresented perspectives and invite audiences into a reflective encounter with their own humanity. By grounding my storytelling in the particularities of Haitian and Caribbean experiences and broader questions of belonging and identity, my work fosters empathy, and contributes to the broader conversation on cultural visibility.