{"id":5393,"date":"2026-09-29T17:52:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/soley-twopikal-ak-de-je-li-projete-lors-de-la-22e-edition-du-festival-du-film-black-de-montreal\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:52:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:52:50","slug":"soley-twopikal-ak-de-je-li-projete-lors-de-la-22e-edition-du-festival-du-film-black-de-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/soley-twopikal-ak-de-je-li-projete-lors-de-la-22e-edition-du-festival-du-film-black-de-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Soley Twopikal Ak De Je Li, screened during the 22nd edition of the Montreal Black Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" post-id=\"90781\" fifulocal-featured=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90782 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elisee-Junior-St-Preux-au-FIFBM-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Soley Twopikal Ak De Je Li, projet\u00e9 lors de la 22e \u00e9dition du Festival du film black de Montr\u00e9al\" title=\"Soley Twopikal Ak De Je Li, projet\u00e9 lors de la 22e \u00e9dition du Festival du film black de Montr\u00e9al\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elisee-Junior-St-Preux-au-FIFBM-2026.jpg 800w, https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elisee-Junior-St-Preux-au-FIFBM-2026-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Director Elis\u00e9e Junior St Preux was present in Montreal for the screening of his film at the 22nd Montreal International Black Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Produced in 2026, Soley Twopikal Ak De Je Li (The Tropic Sun and His Eyes) takes us to Cap-Ha\u00eftien, Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Ruben, a young man of 26, wants to reconnect with his estranged father before it is too late. On his way, he is joined by a street child who is determined to accompany him.<\/p><div id=\"linit-3014737537\" class=\"linit-dans-le-contenu linit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8992136571741975\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8992136571741975\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6185130430\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>This trip, which Ruben wanted to avoid, turns out to be essential for him. He must make peace with himself and his past through meetings with locals and sharing stories mixing joy, pain and resilience. Ruben&rsquo;s journey can thus be interpreted as an exploration of healing, human connection and the breaking of generational cycles between the two characters.<\/p>\n<p>The feature film offers a window of authenticity on Haiti, beyond the prejudices and political and economic tensions that have shaken the country for several years already.<\/p>\n<p>Reda Benkoula<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6fCFT9D6siE?si=iSCjyfZ0_hj3PeZb\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"_ytid_42036\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mldp2789VWM?enablejsapi=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;cc_load_policy=0&amp;cc_lang_pref=&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;loop=0&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autohide=2&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=red&amp;controls=1&amp;disablekb=0&amp;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\" data-epytgalleryid=\"epyt_gallery_61335\" allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" name=\"_ytid_42036\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"play\" class=\"epyt-play-img\" width=\"30\" height=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/playhover.png\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Elisee Junior St Preux director of Soley Twopikal Ak De Je Li at the MIFBM September 24, 2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"play\" class=\"epyt-play-img\" width=\"30\" height=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/playhover.png\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Elisee Junior St Preux director of Soley Twopikal Ak De Je Li at the MIFBM September 24, 2026 3<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"play\" class=\"epyt-play-img\" width=\"30\" height=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/playhover.png\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Elisee Junior St Preux director of Soley Twopikal Ak De Je Li at the MIFBM September 24, 2026 2<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"play\" class=\"epyt-play-img\" width=\"30\" height=\"23\" src=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/images\/playhover.png\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Elisee Junior St Preux director of Soley Twopikal Ak De Je Li at the MIFBM September 24, 2026 1<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"screen-reader-text\">Article navigation<\/h2>\n<div id=\"linit-4210857891\" class=\"linit-apres-contenu linit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8992136571741975\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8992136571741975\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6185130430\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director Elis\u00e9e Junior St Preux was present in Montreal for the screening of his film at the 22nd Montreal International Black Film Festival. Produced in 2026, Soley Twopikal Ak De Je Li (The Tropic Sun and His Eyes) takes us to Cap-Ha\u00eftien, Haiti. Ruben, a young man of 26, wants to reconnect with his estranged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elisee-Junior-St-Preux-au-FIFBM-2026.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Soley Twopikal Ak De Je Li, projet\u00e9 lors de la 22e \u00e9dition du Festival du film black de Montr\u00e9al","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-festival-films-black"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}