Nineteen Thirty Seven shows how a young Haitian girls mother is accused of having “wings of fire” and taken off to jail for the accusation of killing/ “taking the breath away from” a little boy. The story all stems from one event, Manman was pregnant for Josephine during the time Haitians were being killed for being found living in the Dominican Republic. Manman had to escape quick because she had a baby on the way and couldn't risk losing her and her baby's life. So, manman had to jump across and swim through what is known as the massacre river, the river that divides the Dominican Republic and Haiti. This was the river that all the dead and chopped up bodies were thrown in. When Manman swam across she had to swim through all the bodies and
