{"id":5606,"date":"2015-07-23T13:01:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T17:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=5606"},"modified":"2015-07-23T13:41:39","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T17:41:39","slug":"mel-and-samx-love-in-haiti-and-the-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=5606","title":{"rendered":"Mel and Smax: Love in Haiti and the Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is pretty self-explanatory.
\nWith musicians and married couple, Smax Music and Melimel. They are also featured in my Haitian Creative documentary series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This is pretty self-explanatory. With musicians and married couple, Smax Music and Melimel. They are also featured in my Haitian Creative documentary series.<\/p>\n

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