YUBARTA

The whales, my Palestinian great-grandfather, my Haitian colleague and my uncles migrated for the sake of the family. My aunt survived a shipwreck to Puerto Rico. My friend cannot return to Haiti due to the violence. My great-grandfather returned to Palestine but his hometown was occupied territory.

Nayibe Tavares-Abel, Dominican of Lebanese and Palestinian origin, is a propmaster, documentary filmmaker and research consultant. Before completing a Filmmaking Conservatory at Altos de Chavón School of Design, she studied Political Science and French Language in Michigan and Paris. She has directed the short films Carmencita (honorable mention at the Internacional de Trinidad y Tobago 2020) y L’escalier de l’anxiété (Selección Arts et Convergences, Paris 2020)