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Liberty in a Soup

Discover how a soup survives the Haitian Revolution to become a symbol of freedom.

HD0

2015

1h 8m

Documentary

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.