21282: Butler: Apredemen: A Peoples Struggle for Democracy -- Boston

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:20:12 -0700


The Eritaj Foundation and the International Law Students Association at Suffolk
present:

Apredemen: A People’s Struggle for Democracy

April 23, 2004- 2:30PM- 4:40PM

Faculty Dining Room, 4th Floor, David J. Sargent Hall Suffolk Law School, 120
Tremont Street, Boston (near Park Station subway stop) a map is at
"http://www.suffolk.edu/map.html";

Refreshments will be served

Apredemen is set in Haiti in 1995. The drama is centered around the friendship
of a veteran, American war correspondent and a young, Haitian hotel manager.
Through their evolving relationship, issues of war, peace and the universal
role of women come to light. The film was written and directed by Lynn Currier
with scenes on location in Haiti and in Boston. Lynn Currier will be available
to speak about Apredemen and two other prominent leaders in the Haitian
community, Dr. Marc Prou and Charlot Lucien will address the nature of the
Haitian struggle for social and economic democracy in Haiti. They will address
the role of education and the ability of the Haitian people to working
positively together to construct parameters for development and authentic
change.

Dr. Prou is Assistant Professor of Caribbean Studies in the Africana Studies at
the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is currently Executive Director of
the Haitian Studies Association (HSA), a scholarly organization that has an
international network of experts addressing research on Haiti and Haitian
issues, both from disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Charlot Lucien is Contract Coordinator at the Massachusetts Dpt. of Public
Health, Founder and Co-director of the Haitian Artist Assembly, Media
personality and Haitian artist, Contributor to the Boston Haitian Reporter, TV
Host of Boston Neighborhood Network Tele Kreyol and Advisor to a number of
community organizations.

Lynn Currier is choreographer, filmmaker, activist and educator. Currently she
is director of Haitkaah Social Justice Project, a local nonprofit that supports
women and children most effected by racism, classism and sexism. Lynn holds an
MFA in film, has written five screenplays and is currently screening her first
film Apredemen in the US and abroad.

International Law Students Association (ILSA), is a non-profit association of
students and young lawyers dedicated to the study and promotion of
international law. We focus on supplementing the traditional domestic law
approach with opportunities for study, research and career networking which
concentrates on international and transnational law.



Eritaj Foundation, a 501(c)3 community foundation based in Massachusetts,
promotes sustainable human services institutions in Haiti. Please support our
goal to enlist 200 supporting members for 2004 with a tax-deductible $10/month
contribution.


Eritaj Foundation Inc.
Partnerships for a Better Haiti
73 Union Avenue
Framingham, MA  01702
www.eritajfoundation.org
eritajfoundation@msn.com
Ph/Fax: (508) 620-1424

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