Fresh off being honored at the Haiti Film fest, prolific
Haitian filmmaker Arnold Antonin will screen a couple more of his projects in
New York city. On Tuesday May 16th and Wednesday
May 17th, he will be at Brooklyn College first with "6 Femmes
d'Exception" and then with "René Depestre: On ne Rate Pas Une Vie Eternelle".
"Six
Femmes d'Exception" centers 6 Haitian women, different in background,
careers and experiences. 6 phenomenal women, exceptional in their own
right: singer Emerante de Pradines, author and comedian Paulette Poujol
Oriol, dancer Vivianne Gauthier, mid-wife Madeleine Desrosiers, writer
Odette Roy Fombrun and concert pianist Micheline Laudun Denis.
"René
Depestre: On ne rate pas une vie eternelle" delves into the life and career of prominent Haitian poet
and relentless activist Rene Depestre. Depestre has been exiled several times, was
expelled from France, Prague, Cuba, just to name a few and was an arch
nemesis of the Duvalier regime. Depestre is one of Haiti's pre-eminent poets and a long time communist and proponent of pan-africanism.
Catch both films and post screening Q & A sessions with the filmmaker this week in NYC!
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