On this episode of The Time Being, we consider the intersection of food, migration and borders, the use of narrative in visual storytelling and the merits of the ‘poor’ image with artist and filmmaker Esery Mondesir.

Esery Mondesir is a Haitian-born video artist and filmmaker. He was a high school teacher and a labour organizer before receiving an MFA in cinema production from York University (Toronto) in 2017. Mondesir’s work draws from personal and collective memory, official archives and vernacular records, and the every day to generate a reading of our society from its margins. His films, which explore migration and exile as sites of identity-formation as well as cultural resistance, have been exhibited in Canada and internationally. Mondesir currently lives in Toronto.

Credits

This episode of The Time Being Podcast was hosted and produced by Eva Kolcze and Jessica Thalmann. Special thanks to Esery Mondesir. The show is mixed and edited by Eva Kolcze. 
Music by Steven F. Allen - AuDioChosis