Films with: Duplessis, Jerry

Agronomist

Tells the story of Haitian national hero, journalist, and freedom fighter Jean Dominique, whom Demme first met and filmed in 1986. As owner and operator of his nation's oldest and only free radio station, Dominique was frequently at odds with his country's various repressive governments and spent much of the 80's and early 90's in exile in New York, where Demme continued to interview him over the years. Dominique fought tirelessly against his country's overwhelming injustice, oppression, and poverty, but it was his shocking and still-unsolved assassination in April of 2000 that gave the director the impetus to assemble more than a decade's worth of material into a celebration of this dynamic man's life and legacy.

DVD 3712

Ghosts of Cité Soleil

Enter the lives of notorious gang leaders who dominate the Haitian slum of Cité Soleil. The reality of life today in Haiti unfolds before us as we get to know two brothers and their stories intimately.

DVD 5500