The Descendants Army- The forgotten Kingdom
When the ghost of his royal ancestor offers him
the chance to become Haiti’s new leader after the president’s assassination, Yves, a Haitian-American war veteran and struggling rapper accepts, only to discover his greed might cost him his soul.
THE DESCENDANTS ARMY: THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM
While shooting a music video in Haiti, Yves, a Haitian-American filmmaker raised in the housing projects of Miami, encounters Juliette, a Paris-based museum curator hiding a classified mission: to steal a powerful ancestral artifact buried in the ruins of the Sans-Souci Palace. Yves is immediately drawn to her; Juliette keeps her distance. Fate reunites them at the Citadelle Laferrière just as the nation is shaken by the assassination of the president.
That night, both sneak into the palace separately—Juliette for the artifact, Yves to secretly film with his driver, Jameson. Their paths collide as the ground trembles and the ghost of King Henri Christophe rises from the shadows. Granted passage by Papa Legba, Christophe returns with a single chance to reclaim Haiti. Bound by sacred law, he has 21 days to rule againbut only through his descendant, Yves. Possession requires Yves’ consent and will ultimately cost him his life. Failure means Christophe’s soul is eternally damned.
Christophe frames his return as salvation: Haiti must be freed from a reborn Tonton Macoute, now a modern terror syndicate led by Fresnal, the ruthless descendant of dictator Papa Doc. Haunted by poverty and shaped by a buried military past, Yves agreesbelieving he’s fighting for his country, unaware Christophe plans to consume him.
To wage war, Christophe orders the creation of the Descendants Armymen and women bound by bloodline and combat experience. Jameson is the first recruit: a former gang enforcer once forced by Fresnal to commit atrocities, now hunted after a failed assassination attempt. Christophe offers revenge while secretly planning to use him as expendable bait. Juliette is next, revealed as a French-born Haitian military intelligence officer embedded in the museum world. Christophe tempts her with a relic older than his empirepowerful enough to redefine history.
As Haiti descends further into chaos, Fresnal kidnaps Moses, a U.S.-backed political pawn searching for his birth mother. Against Christophe’s orders, Jameson leads a risky rescue that draws international attention. Mistaken for a criminal gang, the Descendants are attacked by private mercenaries, marking them for death.
Time runs out. Betrayed by Christophewho strikes a deal with Fresnalthe Descendants survive an ambush ignited by real-life gang boss Jimmy Cherizier. When Haiti’s Founding Fathers forcibly possess their descendants in a final grab for power, the backlash exposes a brutal truth: this bloodline would rather destroy its own than surrender control.
Rejecting kings and ancestors alike, Yves rises as a leader of the living. Papa Legba intervenes, banishing the rogue spirits for breaking sacred law. But the war is not over. Fresnal kidnaps Moses’ birth mother, turning politics into something personaland setting the stage for an all-out reckoning in the next season.
Desiree Kahikopo-Meiffret – Producer/Director
Desiree is an Award-winning producer/director from Namibia. Desiree's participation in the Namibian film and theatre industry spans over 12 years as a performer, actress, creative director as well as playwright. She produced, wrote and directed a theatre play titled' A Lifetime of Blues' that won best set design at the Namibian Film and Theatre Awards 2014. She has worked on countless film sets including 'Fish Out of Water' as a Line Producer by the well-known Namibian filmmaker Vickson Hangula.
Desiree’s award winning debut film titled 'The White Line'has premiered and screened at various international film festivals across the globe and has went on to win Best newcomer director for Desiree and best film script and the Audience choice award at the Namibia Theatre and Film 2019 and went on to win Best cinematographer and Best Feature Film at the 7th African Emerging Filmmakers Award 2019 in Durban, The White Line also got a special jury mention at the 9th Luxor African Film Festival 2020 in Egypt for its direction and won the Kilimanjoro award for Best Feature film in Toulouse, France at the Africlap film festival 2020.
An alumna of Talents Durban 2018, Desiree was recently nominated Best first film by a director at the Africa MovieAcademy Awards 2020 (AMAA). “The White Line” is Namibia’s first film to be submitted to the Oscars 2022 and the Golden Globes.
Desiree with her Namibian company called DEVIne Film Productions facilitated a
Netflix production titled “Fiesta en la Madriguera” that was partly filmed in Namibia of which she was the Namibian Producer on it in 2023.
Desiree also sponsored and executive produced a short film by a young Namibian filmmaker called “Metamorphorsis” by Monika Amunyela, as well as produced a pilot titled “Windhoek City” in optioning stage. Recently directed and produced a short film titled “When the world broke open” in post-production stage.
