St. Hilaire draws inspiration from Haitian history in this work. Jérémie, a seaside town located in northwestern Haiti, was host to a military massacre in 1964. A group of young dissenters to the dictatorship of Francois Duvolier arrived near Jérémie, located in a more remote and rural area, in August of 1964 and were hunted through the area by the Haitian military for three months before their final stand in November. The military massacred many in the town of Jeremie, capturing only two survivors from the original group and bringing them to Port-au-Prince for a public execution. St. Hilaire depicts the two surviving rebels here, tied to posts in Port-au-Prince and prepared for execution. Through a magical realist lens, the artist paints the scene of the execution. Without directly painting the military, the massacre, or any figures related to the regime of Duvalier, St. Hilaire alludes to these shadowy forces of chaos, and the uncertainty of life under dictatorship.