When the director of the new film Mountains moved back home to Miami... Art galleries were moving in, longtime Haitian-owned businesses were getting evicted, and developers were buying up properties.
Sorelle feared development would destroy the community that meant so much to her. 'It was one of the only spaces in Miami-or in the country-where I felt connected to my culture as a Haitian American,' she said.
The film's protagonist, Xavier, dreams of buying a house he saw for sale in the neighborhood but struggles with the reality that men like him aren't buying houses anymore.
Xavier's frustration with his son's career choices mirrors his own struggles as he works in demolition, reflecting on the fate of his community amid gentrification.
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