Every New Year, and in celebration of their Independence, Haitian families gather together to feast in honor of a line of ancestors that fought for their freedom. The centerpiece of the festivity is the joumou soup—a traditional soup dating back centuries ago. The joumou soup is a concretization of war and victory, oppression and emancipation, and the deeply rooted celebratory traditions of the Haitian culture.
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A woman is met with tragedy and her relief leads her down a path of depression, isolation, and grief as she deals with the pressure by falling into the trap of self-medication. Based on a true story Above Ground deals with issues that so many struggle with daily, mental health, the cycle of abuse and the opioid crisis that has affected a multitude.
