20730: Philogene: "HAITI ON SCREEN" UPDATE: ACTRESS GARCELLE BEAUVAIS TO PARTICIPATE IN OPENING NIGHT FESTIVITIES -- NYCity

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Jerry Philogene <jqp7197@nyu.edu>

"HAITI ON SCREEN" UPDATE:  ACTRESS GARCELLE BEAUVAIS TO PARTICIPATE IN OPENING NIGHT FESTIVITIES

The Institute of African-American Affairs and the Africana Studies
Program at New York University, in collaboration with documentary
filmmakersGuetty Felin and Michèle Stephenson,
proudly present

> HAITI ON SCREEN
>
> OPENING NIGHT GALA - Wednesday, March 31, 2004, 7-11:00pm
> Event Chairs: Danny Glover, Raoul Peck, Edwidge Danticat, and
> Jonathan Demme
> Mistress of Ceremonies: Garcelle Beauvais
> NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
> Kimmel Center for University Life
> Eisner & Lubin Auditorium - 4th floor
> 60 Washington Square South
> New York, NY 10012
> Opening Night Films:
> Art Naif and Repression in Haiti by Arnold Antonin
> Anita by Rassoul Labuchin
> For more information about tickets to this event, please call
> Dwight Johnson
> Design at 212-889-4694.
>
> THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2004 - DIASPORA DAY
> THE SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE
> Langston Hughes Auditorium
> 515 Malcolm X Boulevard
> New York, NY 10037-1801
> http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html
> All screenings are free and are on a first come, first served basis.
>
> 11:00am-12:00pm - Black Soul by Martine Chartrand with E Pluribus
> Unum by
> Maxence Denis
> 12:00-1:30pm - Bonjour la Rézoné by Elsie Haas (US premiere)
> 2:00-3:30pm - Tchala l?Argent des Reves by Michele Lemoine
> 3:30-5:00pm - Les Chemins de la Memoire by Frantz Voltaire
> 5:00-6:00pm -  E Pluribus Unum by Maxence Denis with Black Soul by
> MartineChartrand (repeat screenings)
> 6:30-8:30pm - Panel discussion, Alternative Forms of Film Distribution
> sponsored by National Black Programming Consortium (www.nbpc.tv)
> 8:30-10:00pm - Tchala l?Argent des Reves by Michele Lemoine (repeat
> screening)
>
> FRIDAY, APRIL 2 - SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004
> NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
> Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Film Center
> 36 East 8th Street
> New York, New York 10003-6520
> http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/africana/events-set.html
> All screenings are free and are on a first come, first served basis.
>
> FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND:
> 12:00 noon-2pm - Panel discussion on making films in Haiti-
> location and
> panelists TBA
> 2:30 - 3:45pm - Port-au-Prince is Mine by Rigoberto Lopez co-
> produced by
> Frantz Voltaire
> 3:45 - 4:30pm - E Pluribus Unum by Maxence Denis (repeat screening)
> 4:30 - 5:30pm - Sweet Mickey for President by Mariette Monpierre
> 5:30 - 7:00pm - Of Men and Gods by Laurence Magloire and Anne Lescot
> 7:00 - 8:30pm - Black Soul by Martine Chartrand and Roussan
> Camille by Mario
> Delatour (repeat screenings)
> 8:30 -10:00pm - Dreamers by Jorgen Leth
>
> SATURDAY, APRIL 3RD:
> 12:00 - 2:30pm - The Comedians by Peter Glenville
> 2:00 - 4:00 pm - Gouverneurs de la Rosee By Maurice Failevic
> 2:30 - 4:00PM -The Keeper by Joe Brewster
> 4:00 - 5:30 pm - Amour Infinity by Jerry LaMothe
> 5:30 - 6:30 pm - Discussion with Joe Brewster and Jerry LaMothe
> about their
> films. We will hear Joe Brewster?s perspective as an African-American
> director viewing the Haitian experience, as well as Jerry
> Lamonthe?s point
> of view as a Haitian director and his perspective on the African-
> Americanexperience.
> 6:30 - 8:30 pm- Art Naïf and Repression in Haiti by Arnold Antonin
> withAnita by Rassoul Labuchin
> 8:30 - 10:00 pm - Of Men and Gods by Laurence Magloire and Anne Lescot
> (repeat screening)
>
> SUNDAY, APRIL 4TH:
> Human Rights Day in collaboration with the National Coalition of
> HaitianRights (NCHR.)  Discussions will follow each screening with
> Jocelyn ?Johnnie? McCalla, executive director of NCHR.
>
> 2:00-3:30 pm - Les Chemins de la Memoire by Frantz Volataire
> 3:30-5:00 pm - No More Crying in Silence by Rachel Magloire
> 4:00- 6:30 pm - The Comedians by Peter Greenville (repeat
> screening) OR
> Surprise Screening
> 5:30 - 7:00 pm - Roussan Camille by Mario Delatour (US Premiere)
> (repeatscreening)
> 7:00 - 8:30 pm - No More Crying in Silence by Rachel Magloire (repeat
> screening)
>
> Closing Night Event:
> 7:00-10:00 pm - The Agronomist by Jonathan Demme
>
> SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2004
> THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART
> Cantor Auditorium
> 200 Eastern Parkway
> Brooklyn, NY
> www.brooklynmuseum.org
> All screenings are free with Museum admission and are on a first
> come, first
> served basis.
>
> 11:00am - 12:45pm - Black Soul by Martine Chartrand with Bonjour
> la Rézoné
> by Elsie Haas (repeat screenings)
> 12:45 - 3:15pm - La Peur d?Aimer by Reginald Lubin
> 3:15 - 5:30pm - Royal Bonbon by Charles Najman
>
> FRIDAY, APRIL 2 - SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004
> AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE
> 35th Avenue at 36th Street
> Astoria, New York
> www.movingimage.us or call 718-784-0077 for more information.
> All screenings are free with Museum admission and are on a first
> come, first
> served basis.
>
> RAOUL PECK RETROSPECTIVE
> The American Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria will present a
> majorretrospective of films by Raoul Peck, Haiti?s most prominent
> filmmaker,including such works as Lumumba, Man on the Shore, and
> Haitian Corner. Peck
> is expected to be present for the retrospective.
>
> FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND:
> 7:30pm - 9:30pm - Man By The Shore (reception to follow)
>
> SATURDAY, APRIL 3RD:
> 2:00 - 4:00 pm - Haitian Corner
> 4:30 - 6:30 pm - Desounen: Dialogue with Death with Profit and
> Nothing But!
> 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Lumumba
>
> SUNDAY, APRIL 4TH:
> 2:00 - 4:00 pm - Falling Bodies (Corps Plonges)
> 4:30 - 6:00 pm - Lumumba: Death of a Prophet
> 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Lumumba (repeat screening)
>
> Films from Haiti
> Anita by Rassoul Labuchin - 45 mins. 1981
> The narrative tells the story of a young servant girl who leaves
> Haiti?scountryside to work for a rich family in Port-au-Prince.
> Realisticallypresenting the problems of those working as domestics
> in Haiti, this film
> denounces this form of modern day slavery that exists in many
> places in the
> world. Creole and French with English subtitles.
>
> Art Naif and Repression in Haiti by Arnold Antonin - 40 mins. 1980
> This historical documentary discusses the resistance movement
> initiated by
> Haitian artists under the Papa Doc Duvalier regime. It
> authentically exposes
> the targeted repression artists faced throughout that period.
> Special Jury
> Prize at the New Orleans Francophone Film Festival.
>
> La Peur d?Aimer (Fear of Love) by Reginald Lubin - 120 minutes, 2002
> A lawyer, living a hectic and seemingly successful existence in
> Port-au-Prince, is too busy to pay attention to his personal life
> until he
> takes a vacation to Jacmel with some friends. The most popular
> Haitian film
> of the year and winner of the Haitian audience prize 2003.
>
> No More Crying in Silence by Rachel Magloire - 57 mins. 2000
> In 1999, a collective group of women who had been victims of rape
> under the
> 1991-1994 military coup, decide to produce a play that exposes the
> pain and
> atrocities they suffered. The film documents the group as they
> reach out to
> a playwright to help them tell their stories through the healing
> art of
> theater.
>
> Of Men and Gods by Anne Lescot and Laurence Magloire - 52 mins. 2002
> Shot entirely in Haiti, this documentary explores the lifestyles of
> homosexuals and queer people involved in Voudou. Through Voudou, some
> homosexual Haitians find an explanation to their sexuality, and regard
> themselves as "children" of the gods and therefore protected. A
> frank look
> at a largely unexplored area, the film examines the daily
> existence of
> several Haitian men who are openly gay and their relationship to
> the Voudou
> religion. Creole with English subtitles.
>
> Port-au-Prince Is Mine by Rigoberto López - 57 mins. 2000
> This documentary about Port-au-Prince, the capital city of the
> Republic of
> Haiti, depicts a portrait of a beleaguered city which has been the
> victim of
> overpopulation, environmental degradation, and lack of urban
> infrastructure.
> Roussan Camille 40 ans après by Mario Delatour - 52 mins. 2003*
> This 52-minute biography documentary portrays Haiti in the 1930s
> and the
> life of famed Haitian poet, Roussan Camille. The film had its
> World Premiere
> at Montreal's "Vues d'Afrique" this past April 2003. The film is
> also an
> homage to Port-au-Prince in its heyday. Creole and French with English
> subtitles.
>
> Diaspora Films
> Amour Infinity by Jerry Lamothe - 85 mins. 2001
> Living in the urban world is already difficult enough as it is.
> Add an
> unexpected love triangle into the mix along with the usual
> variables that
> arise in an urban world, and you have a Brooklyn love drama. Jerry
> LaMothe,director/actor, tells the story the only way it can be
> told, through his own
> eyes. Winner of the People?s Choice Award, Best Feature Film 2000,
> JamericanFilm Festival.
>
> Black Soul by Martine Chartrand - 9 mins. 2003**
> Condensing several hundred years of Black history into a brief ten
> minutes,Black Soul is an impressionistic, often beautiful, and
> somewhat fragmented
> animated view of the African-American and African-Canadian
> experience. This
> unique short presents an animated whirlwind tour that incorporates
> images of
> African ancestry, the iniquities of slavery and discrimination,
> and a
> celebration of creativity. Winner of the Golden Bear Award for
> best short
> film at the Berlin Film Festival and Best Animation film at the Santa
> Barbara Film Festival. 9 min. Animation 2002.
>
> Bonjour la Rézoné by Elsie Haas and Nixon Amilcar - 56 mins. 2004*
> Through the rituals of preparing the traditional Haitian New
> Year?s Day
> ?Soupe Giraumou? (squash soup), the filmmakers examine the
> experiences of a
> group of Haitians living in Paris.
>
> E Pluribus Unum by Maxence Denis - 25 mins. 2001
> This energetic documentary celebrates two contemporary sculptors,
> André and
> Céleur. Inspired by Vodou and Haitian history, they use recycled
> materialsto transform an area of Port-au-Prince into an informal
> museum and vibrant
> workshop. The soundtrack is composed of loops from traditional
> Voudou songs
> mixed with ambient sounds. Creole with English subtitles.
>
> Les Chemins de la Memoire by Frantz Voltaire - 60 mins. 2002*
> Translated as ?The Roads of Memory? this one-hour documentary
> recounts Haiti
> ?s history from the early 1900s to the Duvalier era. Creole and
> French with
> English subtitles.
> Sweet Mickey for President by Mariette Monpierre and Jean-Pierre
> Brax - 20
> mins. 1998
> Portrait of a popular Haitian singer Michel Martelly, alias Sweet
> Mickey,who wanted to run for president. Best documentary Award at
> Reel Sisters of
> the Diaspora 2002.
>
> Tchala L?argent des Reves by Michele Lemoine -50 mins. 2003
> In roadside stalls throughout the entire country, men and women
> engage in
> the Haitian national pastime, the lottery, in hopes that they hold the
> winning ticket for a better life. Creole with English Subtitles.
>
> Foreign Films on Haiti
> The Agronomist by Jonathan Demme - 120 mins. 2003
> The Agronomist is a celebration of an extraordinary man - journalist,
> broadcaster and human rights activist Jean Dominique - and his
> tirelessfight against injustice and oppression. The story
> documents Dominique?s
> uncompromising crusade for liberty and democracy in the vibrant
> country of
> Haiti. Demme shot many hours of footage with Dominique over a
> period of
> fifteen years. Their joint project was tragically cut short in
> April 2000
> when, in the turmoil leading up to elections in Haiti, Jean
> Dominique was
> assassinated outside his radio station. In Creole, French and
> English with
> English subtitles.
>
> The Comedians by Peter Glenville - 150 mins. 1967
> The adaptation of Graham Greene?s novel of the same name by Peter
> Glenville.The owner of a tourist hotel in Port-au-Prince finds
> himself in the middle
> of some troubling intrigue in ?Papa Doc? Duvalier's Haiti. He's an
> Englishman who has nothing more than a cynical observer's eye
> about the
> murky, violent politics of the place. When drawn into the local
> politicsvery haphazardly, he finally makes some kind of a moral
> stand. With Richard
> Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Cicely Tyson, Peter Ustinov and Roscoe
> Lee Browne.
>
> Dreamers by Jorgen Leth - 45 mins. 2002
> Shot over a 20-year period, Dreamers captures the talent, creativity,
> motivation, imagination and optimism of Haitian artists who have
> for decades
> painted from their inner vision, and gained recognition as masters
> of the
> naif. Among the artists represented are: Andre Pierre, Philome Obin,
> Prospere Pierre Louis, Louisiane Saint-Fleurant and Salnave
> Philippe-Auguste. Director Leth presents these artists as
> dreamers, mystics
> and storytellers who live in a country where spiritual forces play
> an active
> role in their everyday lives. Leth, an outstanding figure in
> Danish cinema,
> recently completed his latest feature film, ?The Five
> Obstructions? with
> Lars Van Triers, opening in New York this spring.
>
> Gouverneurs de la Rosée by Maurice Failevic - 82 mins. 1974
> A French adaptation of the Haitian novel of the same name by Jacques
> Roumain. The film tells the story of Manuel, a "prodigal son," who
> returnsto his once-thriving home community, only to discover that
> it is stricken by
> drought and divided by a long-standing family feud. After spending
> 15 years
> in Cuba as a sugar cane cutter, Manuel begins a quest for water
> which he
> hopes will ultimately reunite the community.
>
> The Keeper by Joe Brewster - 90 mins. 1995
> Disillusioned with the justice system and those who enter it, Paul a
> corrections officer at the Brooklyn House of Detention, isn?t sure
> what he
> believes in anymore. His life is forever changed when he meets Jean
> Baptiste, a Haitian immigrant imprisoned for a crime he swears he
> did not
> commit.
>
> Royal Bonbon by Charles Najman - 86 mins. 2002
> A vagrant named Chacha wanders the streets of Cap-Haitien telling
> anyone who
> will listen that he is the reincarnation of Henri Christophe, the
> ex-slave
> who liberated Haiti in 1804. Repeating his claims in the next village,
> Chacha finds a more receptive audience, where people have been
> waiting for
> the return of the king. Winner of the 2002 Jean Vigo prize. French
> withEnglish subtitles.
>
> Raoul Peck Retrospective
> When he was eight years old, Raoul Peck?s family fled from Haiti?s
> Duvalierdictatorship to the newly democratic Republic of Congo,
> which was just
> recovering from the murder of its first elected leader, Patrice
> Lumumba.Peck has since lived in New York City (where he drove a
> cab for a year),
> France, and Germany, and has been inspired by filmmakers as
> diverse as John
> Cassavetes and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
>
> Cultural displacement and the relationship between the political
> and the
> personal are at the heart of his inventive and lyrical films.
> Peck?s work
> crosses boundaries, blending elements of drama and documentary,
> combiningrigorous social analysis with a strong sense of dramatic
> storytelling. While
> his concerns are universal, and his productions international,
> Peck?s films
> are always informed by his experiences and memories of life in Haiti.
>
> Haitian Corner - 98 mins. 1987-88
> In Peck?s first narrative feature, filmed in Haiti and Brooklyn, a
> man who
> spent seven years in prison under Duvalier resettles in Brooklyn,
> only to be
> confronted by his past.
>
> Lumumba: Death of a Prophet - 69 mins. 1991
> More than a precursor to his dramatic feature Lumumba, this
> provocativedocumentary looks at the life of ?the Elvis Presley of
> African politics?
> with an original mixture of archival films, revealing interviews,
> and Peck?s
> own home movies of his childhood years in Africa.
>
> Man By The Shore - 105 mins. 1993
> With Jennifer Zubar, Toto Bissainthe, Jean-Michel Martial, Patrick
> Rameau.Life in Haiti under Papa Doc Duvalier is explored through
> the eyes of an
> eight-year-old girl in this powerful blend of poetic storytelling and
> political drama. Peck will participate in a Pinewood Dialogue with
> ClydeTaylor, Department of Africana Studies, New York University.
> Reception to
> follow.
>
> Desounen: Dialogue with Death - 52 mins. 1994 and Profit and
> Nothing But! -
> 57 mins. 1993
> Peck?s innovative documentaries examine the reality of everyday
> life for
> people affected by economic and political oppression. In Désounen, a
> fictional narrator comments on a journey through some of the
> Caribbean?spoorest villages. Profit and Nothing But!, which looks
> at the effects of
> global capitalism on Haiti, is a formally inventive montage of music,
> archival footage, text, and original footage.
>
> Falling Bodies (Corps Plonges) - 96 mins. 1997
> With Geno Lechner, Jean-Michel Martial. Filmed in New York, Peck?s
> evocativelove story about two exiles blends romance and political
> intrigue in its
> tale of a disenchanted medical examiner and a deposed Haitian
> politician.This absorbing drama is filmed in a gritty neorealist
> style.
> Lumumba - 115 mins. 2001
> With Eriq Ebouaney. The rise and sudden fall of the Congo?s first
> democratically elected leader, Patrice Lumumba, is dramatized in
> Peck?sinternationally acclaimed feature. Elvis Mitchell wrote in
> The New York
> Times ?This is a movie about chaos and regret, focusing on the
> unleashing of
> forces greater than any one person could hope to handle and the
> carnage,however necessary, left in their wake. Mr. Peck's gambit
> works, and the
> result is a great film and a great performance.?
>
>
>
> MANY FILMMAKERS WILL BE PRESENT AT THEIR SCREENINGS.
>
> SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT ADVANCE NOTICE.
>
> FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT
> http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/africana/events-set.html or call 212-
> 998-4222.
>
> HAITI ON SCREEN is an initiative of Haitian-born filmmakers Guetty
> Felin and
> Michèle Stephenson and is part of IAAA?s and Africana's year long
> series of
> events commemorating the Haitian Revolution and the bicentennial
> of the
> nation's independence. In addition to the film festival, the
> series has
> featured an international conference, a writers? series, an
> artist-in-residence program, and graduate and undergraduate courses
> thematically organized on Haiti.
>
> HAITI ON SCREEN is supported in part by New York State Council on
> the Arts,
> Africana.com, the French Cultural Service, Embassy of France in
> the USA,
> National Black Programming Consortium, Third World Newsreel, Schomburg
> Center for Research in Black Culture, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and
> AmericanMuseum of the Moving Image.
>
>
>
>
> Laura G. Mackel Rice
> Associate Director
> Institute of African-American Affairs
> New York University
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> Mail Code: 0846
> New York, NY  10003
> Phone: 212-998-2134
> Fax: 212-995-4109
> E-mail: laura.rice@nyu.edu
> www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/africana/events-set.html
>
>
> Since its inception in 1969, the Institute of African-American
> Affairs at
> New York University has been a vibrant cultural community center
> dedicatedto research, documentation, and the celebration of Black
> culture and
> creative expressions. Both the Institute and its affiliate, the
> NYU Africana
> Studies Program in the Faculty of Arts and Science, are committed
> to the
> study of Blacks in modernity through concentrations in Pan-
> Africanism and
> Black Urban Studies. These distinct organizations share staff and
> facilities.
>
>