Que Pequeño Haiti
by Diana LarreaBorn from the heart of my short film Querido Pequeño Haiti (Dear Little Haiti), this zine is its paper sibling—part love letter, part time capsule, and part quiet protest. It’s a broadsheet-style ode to a neighborhood that shaped me, challenged me, and inspired me. Think of it as a visual mixtape: a mix of stills from the film, snapshots of iconic corners of Little Haiti, everyday objects, and fragments of letters written in Miami’s three tongues—English, Español, and Kreyòl.
As a Peruvian living in Little Haiti for more than eight years, I’ve been both a witness and a neighbor. This zine stitches together moments I’ve captured over time with the unsettling pace of change happening all around us. Through it, I’m asking—what does “home” mean when it’s constantly being reshaped? What does it mean to belong? This is more than just nostalgia on paper. It’s a soft-spoken rallying cry. A tangible way to reflect, remember, and respond to the forces that displace and transform. Little Haiti deserves more than a passing glance. It deserves love, attention, and yes, a little resistance.
Dedicated to the Haitian and Latin American communities who carry home within them wherever they go, this zine is for all of us who live between worlds, who find ourselves in translation, who dream in multiple languages.
Let’s keep writing love letters to the places we don’t want to lose.
Bio:
Diana Larrea is a Peruvian award-winning documentary filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist based in Miami, FL, and Cusco, Perú. Currently an artist-in-residence at Oolite Arts and a 2025 United States Artists Fellowship nominee, her work explores migration, memory, and identity through multidisciplinary storytelling.
Her directorial debut, Monarcas, won the 2024 Emmy Award for Best Documentary in the Diversity/Equity/Inclusion category. She was also awarded the Miami Individual Artists Grant and collaborated with Exile Books to produce a zine celebrating Miami’s cultural diversity. Her latest film, Querido Pequeño Haiti, premiered at the Miami Film Festival and was officially selected at the New Orleans Film Festival and the Festival de Cine de Lima. It will soon air on PBS.
Her upcoming short documentary, Hatun Sonqo—which focuses on the preservation of Latin American Indigenous languages and heritage in South Florida—received Oolite Arts’ Ellies Creator Award and was selected for the Knight Heroes Short Documentary Development Program, supported by IF/Then and the Knight Foundation.
With over a decade of documenting Miami’s art scene and communities impacted by development and gentrification, Diana creates work that preserves cultural resistance, amplifies underrepresented voices, and reimagines histories through both personal and collective lenses.
She holds an Associate’s degree in Film Production from Miami-Dade College and began her career as an editor for TV networks and institutions.
For more information:
IG: @parcialmentenublada
Website: https://dianalarrea.studio/
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