When a Haitian woman and her mother get on a boat to emigrate to Miami in the mid-twentieth century, chaos ensues as the passengers realize they are ill-equipped for the journey.

When la Negrura, a disease that causes black lumps to grow out of appendages and paranormal behavior in those affected, ravages Haiti, a nineteen-year-old Black Dominican American and his friends watch events unfold from the neighboring Dominican Republic.

In contemporary Haiti, a 17-year-old girl with aspirations to attend university in the U.S. is entangled in a multi-national kidnapping plot that changes her family forever.

In the near future, two brothers seek to fix a courier delivery gone wrong - the package turns out to be a deadly virus designed to eradicate 'The Pit,' which is not only the place they live, but also a living organism.

After yet another hurricane, a Puerto Rican family reflects how they hide their struggles from their Americanized relatives.

Two men and their girlfriends sail on their way to a dope deal. However, along the way, they are sabotaged by islanders and face the fatal struggle against the currents.

At the beginning of Carnival in Port of Spain, a drunk woman meets a strange white man with a jewel in his chest and then wakes up in a mysterious place.

During Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, a former heroin addict saxophonist, and his longtime friend observe the destruction of their city while they wait for the drummer’s gangster brother to rescue them.

A young Barbadian woman takes her twisted revenge on a scorned lover during a bacchanalian Carnival celebration.

A gang of mobsters runs a risky errand for their boss. After they botch an attempt to one-up their biggest rival, the men begin to turn against each other.