'Serenade for Haiti'

"Serenade for Haiti" is one of the many gems at the Haiti Film Festival in NYC this weekend. The film has done well on the festival circuit, having screened at the Miami Film Festival, the River Run International Film Festival and DOC NYC.

The film elevates the efforts of a music school, its students and faculty's efforts to rebuild after the 2010 earthquake. From the film's website:

"When a catastrophic earthquake completely destroys the school in 2010, a stunned and devastated faculty and student body must pick up the pieces and find a way to adapt.  Devotion to each other and to the possibilities that the future still holds for them are expressed in the footage of children rehearsing in the rubble and in the rich musical heritage they have inherited.

Journeying into Haiti’s beautiful and diverse rural regions and venturing deep into the streets of Port-au-Prince before and after the 2010 earthquake, Serenade for Haiti brings to the screen an unforgettable and vivid tableau of this widely misunderstood country.  The soundtrack features the stunning music of Haiti's great composers who until this time have been largely unknown to international audiences."

"Serenad pou Ayiti" ap nan fim festival Ayiti nan Nou Yok Dimanch katoz Me a 12:30pm. Check out the trailer for the film below. Then mosey on to the HAITI CULTURAL XCHANGE's website for details.