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From: E Vedrine <evedrine@hotmail.com>
"Deportation" (movie)
DEPORTATION:
http://deportationmovie.com/index4.htm
New movie by Haitian artist & film maker,
Patrick Jerome
["Patrick Jerome
Writer, Director, Producer
The name Patrick Jerome is one that could certainly be synonymous with
intense determination and artistic talent. The person behind the name has
undoubtedly experienced a lifetime of challenges and achievements that
deserves such admiration and praise. Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
Patrick's strong religious upbringing had encouraged him, at age seven, to
sing in his family's church choir. Over the following years, the spiritual
joys of home, church and singing shaped his sense of right, especially in
the face of his country's oppressive climate. The culmination of these
experiences fueled Patrick's desires for artistic expression of his
political and social views that reflected his generation's culture but which
spoke to all Haitian people.
At sixteen, Patrick found his first creative outlet for such commentary in
the world of music. From the start, Patrick endured pressures by the
government, which censored the revolutionary ideas in his original lyrics
and stifled his career. After five years of perseverance, Patrick triumphed
in 1988 by completing his first song recording, which spawned a music video
that became a national hit in Haiti. The production and success of the video
had greatly stimulated Patrick's interest in the visual arts, and it
inspired him to pursue another life-long dream: that of filmmaker. To
Patrick, cinema was a natural extension of his musical artistry to
articulate his philosophies in an entertaining fashion.
But film enticed Patrick because of its pictorial dynamism, narrative
structure and emotional impact to showcase his ideals with more immediacy.
After receiving training and fostering relationships with established
Haitian filmmakers, Patrick produced and directed his debut movie, 'Rezo San
Pitye' (Gang without Pity). The film touched on the unstable Haitian system
of rule and depicted the insecurity of its citizens. Adding to the
controversy of the film's theme was the 1991 military coup of the Haitian
government just one week after 'Rezo San Pitye' was released. This new
intolerant military administration didn't just want to ban the film - they
wanted Patrick's head. As a man wanted for treason, Patrick was forced into
hiding for nearly eighteen months. Fearing for his life as police were
closing in on him, Patrick fled to the United States in March 1993 and was
granted political asylum.
Now living in Boston, MA, Patrick has performed in the U.S. and Canada,
appearing in venues such as the Strand Theater, the John Hancock Hall and
Boston Public Access Television. Currently, his production company, 'Bway 7
Productions', has been producing a Boston TV show called International
Rhythms. Every Saturday night, this show brings to Greater Boston sixty
minutes of international music videos that welcome new talents as well as
previewing Patrick's own videos. While these ventures have brought Patrick
great fulfillment, they have never displaced his love for filmmaking.
It would be seven years before Patrick would have opportunity to begin his
first U.S. production of a film from a story that he had conceived after his
arrival to this country. It would reflect the fragility of personal freedom
in America from the vantage of an alien resident, while assessing the
universal values of loyalty and friendship - both ideas mirroring Patrick's
experiences and beliefs from his native Haiti. The resulting film,
Deportation, was written, produced and directed by Patrick Jerome from his
heart and soul and with the fortitude to see it through to completion.
Patrick hopes Deportation will be the first of many U.S. films he yearns to
make with such passion."]
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