Rocío Barba

In a society without doors, a guard must confront his neighbors’ desire to reclaim their privacy.

For Yuli, a Haitian woman living in the Dominican Republic for more than 35 years, it has been an ongoing struggle to raise her children with dignity as she deals with her precarious immigration status. In the midst of government regularization, imminent deportation and personal upheaval, the questions arise: What really makes us belong to a place? How are the links between the land and its people made?

Ghislain is shocked to find his heart beating by his coccyx. He seeks the help of his brother, who concludes he must learn to laugh again.

In a society without doors, a guard must confront his neighbors’ desire to reclaim their privacy.

For Yuli, a Haitian woman living in the Dominican Republic for more than 35 years, it has been an ongoing struggle to raise her children with dignity as she deals with her precarious immigration status. In the midst of government regularization, imminent deportation and personal upheaval, the questions arise: What really makes us belong to a place? How are the links between the land and its people made?

Ghislain is shocked to find his heart beating by his coccyx. He seeks the help of his brother, who concludes he must learn to laugh again.