15465: Netchinsky-Toussaint: "Dreamers" Film on Haitian artists to be shown at Harvard (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Jill Netchinsky Toussaint <netchins@fas.harvard.edu>

Dear everyone,

We are very excited to be presenting the first-ever showing in New
England of Jørgen Leth's  highly praised documentary, "Dreamers"
(2002).  Please join us for the film screening and discussion. Tell
your friends in Boston.   All are welcome!


D R E A M E R S:
BOSTON PREMIERE OF FILM
ON HAITIAN ART

" D R E A M E R S, "
a film by Jørgen Leth (Denmark/Haiti)
20 years in the making,   the documentary contains rare interviews
with major Haitian painters, such as Philomé Obin, Jasmin Joseph,
and Rigaud Benoit.
The screening of this hour-long film will be followed by a discussion
led by art historian and curator  Legrace Benson.


Day: Thursday, May 15, 2003
Time:  5:00 pm
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American  Studies,
61 Kirkland Street, Cambridge
Contact: 617-495-9797 or <Netchins@fas.harvard.edu>

* * * This event  is free and open to the public,  including high
school students * * *

(Light refreshments will be served)

Sponsored by The Haitian Studies Initiative
at The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
at  Harvard University

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