Monae Shepard

New York Day Women follows a Haitian American woman who unexpectedly sees her mother in Manhattan during a workday—sparking an intimate exploration of identity, generational distance, and maternal strength.

Marie is a young entrepreneur whose main goal is to earn enough money to contribute to her aunt’s funeral in Haiti. David is a hopeless romantic––infatuated by music and women. He sells cotton candy in order to send money back to his brother who lives in the Dominican Republic. As Marie and David compete for a profitable Orchard Beach cotton candy route, age-old conflicts arise between the two families and the two young vendors learn that their differences may be what unites them.