Une jeune femme de vingt ans, Sandrine, et son grand frère de treize ans Etienne embarquent d’Haïti vers les Bahamas à bord d’un petit bateau avec d’autres migrants, à la recherche d’une meilleure vie. Quand son petit frère tombe malade, elle doit user de son intelligence et de sa force pour éviter qu’Etienne soit jeté par dessus bord, et pour lui sauver la vie.

Un film de Kareem J. Mortimer

Bahamas, 2012, Fiction, 16min34s, Drame/suspense

avec Dana Ferguson, Stephen Tyrone Williams, Lorenz Wright


2014 | African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA 2014), Nigeria
* Meilleur court-métrage Diaspora (AMAA 2014 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT)
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A twenty-year-old Haitian woman, Sandrine and her thirteen year old brother Etienne are being transported from Haiti to the Bahamas in the hold of a dilapidated wooden vessel filled with several other immigrants in search of a better life. When her brother takes ill, she must use her smarts and strength to avoid him being thrown off the boat and save his life.

A film by Kareem J. Mortimer

Bahamas, 2012, Short narrative, 16min34s, Drama/Suspense

Starring Dana Ferguson, Stephen Tyrone Williams, Lorenz Wright



This film was made as part of the Commonwealth Shorts project, a capacity building scheme to give emerging writers/directors the opportunity to make a film which highlights issues affecting them and their communities. The initiative is a partnership between Commonwealth Writers, B3 Media and CBA Worldview.


2014 | African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA 2014), Nigeria
* Meilleur court-métrage Diaspora (AMAA 2014 AWARD FOR BEST DIASPORA SHORT)

Encounters Short Film Festival in Bristol, UK
* Premiered, as part of a Commonwealth Writers event.

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