EAT BITTER (SUFFER IN SILENCE)

Pascale APPORA-GNEKINDY & Ning Yin Sun, USA/Central African Republic/China, 2023

SYNOPSIS
Luan, a Chinese construction foreman, must complete the building of a new bank in Bangui, Central African Republic, set to be inaugurated by the president. Meanwhile, Thomas dives into the river to retrieve the sand Luan needs. In this sometimes humorous film, everyone fights in their own way to support their family in a country ravaged by poverty and civil war.

BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Pascale Appora-Gnekindy is from the Central African Republic (CAR). She owns Kéa-Kwis Production, a video production company based in Bangui. She co-directed her first feature-length documentary, Eat Bitter, released in March 2023, alongside Ning Yi Sun, a Chinese national living in New York.