30021: Potemaksonje (Announcement) Haiti Action Halifax Presents (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Potemaksonje


Haiti Action Halifax Presents
a special screening of:

"Aristide's Haiti"
Filmmaker Nadia Pequeneza closely chronicles the US-backed overthrow of Haitian 
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on February 29, 2004. The US and Canadian 
governments continue to claim that Aristide resigned, but Aristide and the 
people of Haiti tell a much more sinister story. This Gemini-nominated 
documentary features explores the backdrop to Canada's current role of 
"democracy promotion" in this Caribbean nation.

"Our Arms Do Not Kill: The UN's Pacification of Cite Soleil"
U. of T student and independent journalist Isabelle Macdonald entered the 
Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil armed with little more than a 
handicam. Her short film documents shocking violations of human rights abuses 
committed by United Nations troops. Despite ongoing reports of such abuses, the 
media in Canada continues to remain silent on such injustices.

Friday, February 16th,
NSCAD University,
Bell Auditorium (5163 Duke St) @ 7p.m.
Free/Donation

Presented as part of an international month of demonstrations, civil 
disobedience, and educational events issued by the Fondacion Trente Septembre, 
a grassroots human rights organization based in Haiti.

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