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Erased is a podcast that asks how artists and filmmakers respond to gentrification and carry culture forward through their work. Each episode explores the intersections of community, memory and creativity — showing how art and cinema become both testimony and resistance.
Through conversations with cultural voices rooted in Miami and beyond, the series examines how art preserves memory, honors place, reflects truth and adapts to change.
It captures not only what is lost, but also what survives and transforms in shifting landscapes.
Episode 1: Is it Moving Forward or is it Truth?
Neighborhoods rise and fall. Skylines are redrawn, streets renamed. But culture doesn’t vanish — it adapts, shifts and takes new forms.
In this episode of Erased, host Johane Saintil speaks with filmmaker Monica Sorelle on how gentrification is reshaping Miami’s Haitian community. From her own struggles with housing displacement to the making of her award-winning film “Mountains,” Sorelle reflects on honoring place, memory and truth in a city that is constantly being remade.
Episode 2: The Weight of Porcelain
Landmarks disappear. Memories fade into concrete and glass. Yet art remembers — it carries what the city forgets.
In this episode of Erased, host Johane Saintil speaks with artist and educator Morel Doucet on how gentrification continues to reshape Miami’s Black and immigrant communities. From his memories of Little Haiti to his work using clay, plants and found materials, Doucet reflects on preserving the textures, sounds and spirit of neighborhoods that are rapidly disappearing.
