March 18th 2010

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The_agronomist_smallFree Movie Night
7:00 pm Thursday March 18th
Marketplace 3rd Floor, St John

THE AGRONOMIST by Jonathan Demme (90 min) 2003

The life of tireless Haitian human rights acitivist Jean Dominique:

This fascinating profile of inspired, and inspiring, Haitian independent radio broadcaster Jean Dominique is informative about the history of Haiti’s political strife and includes news film clips and interviews with family members and colleagues. Despite increasing threats and violence, Dominique maintained his radio station as a haven of truth and free speech.

For the film Demme interviewed Jean Dominique and his wife Michele Montas, both in Haiti and during periods of their exile in New York.

“…Jean Dominique embodies the fragile, perpetual hope that Haiti, so long tormented by foreign meddlers and domestic dictators, might someday nurture a just and decent political order…a lively immediacy unusual in documentaries of its kind.”                                                                   The New York Times