In Emmelie Prophète’s “Cécé,” a young woman is determined to survive the slums — first by doing sex work, then by posting her gruesome reality for the world to see. By Susie Boyt Susie Boyt is the ...

The narrator of Emmelie Prophète’s “Cécé” (Archipelago, 224 pages, $18) is Célia Jérôme, a destitute young woman in Haiti’s gang-ridden Cité of Divine Power, a “lost corner of a lost country, a boil ...

Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000 Jonathan Romney: The ...

The signs all point to Un Prophète (A Prophet) at next month's European film awards. Jacques Audiard's prison-set crime saga leads the field with six nominations, including best film and director.

Prophète, who was both minister of culture and interim minister of justice between 2022 and 2024, is an award-winning writer in Haiti. Her sixth and most recent novel, Cécé, named after its fictional ...

Although "A Prophet (Un prophète)" has gut-wrenching violence and is at times tough to take, it's never less than a fascinating look at the world behind the gray walls and concrete floors that define ...