27096: From N.Rossier - announcement - ARISTIDE and the Endless Revolution opens in Portland from Jan 13 - 19 (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

 ARISTIDE and the Endless Revolution runs in Portland from Jan 13 - Jan 19 2006

 @ the Clinton Street Theater and later in Gelph (Ontario), Santa Fe,
Sacramento and more soon.

 For ticket infos click on http://www.clintonsttheater.com/

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 What the Press says:

 "Taut, well-balanced, insightful...a probing look into Haiti's contentious
 modern history." - The New York Times

 "Well photographed film .......Facts and events are depicted with
 intelligence and integrity" - Haiti Observateur

 " Informative and enraging film. Highly recommended for anyone interested in
 the fate of the world's downtrodden" -San Fransisco Weekly

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About the film:

A complex historical truth emerges in Nicolas Rossier's intelligent
examination revealing the oft-supressed story of the 2004 coup d'etat in
Haiti, as well as the systemic violence and human rights violations hat
erupted under the interim government. An interview with the deposed president,
Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Pretoria, South Africa, is juxtaposed with the views
of a wide range of supporters and critics, including US Assistant Secretary of
State Roger Noriega. History repeated itself in Haiti in 2004 in that the
former parish priest had already been deposed as president in 1991 with CIA
support. His idnapping marked the fourth American intervention into Haiti in
90 years. This was also not the first intervention by France. In 1801,
Napoleon had the leader of free Haiti, Toussant L'Ouverture, seized and
deported to prison in France where he died. While faced with the strangulation
of aid, Aristide had begun a campaign for reparations. This provocative
investigation draws out the central place of international history in the
historical poverty of Haiti.


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ARISTIDE and the Endless Revolution is released in North America by First Run
Features www.firstrunfeatures.com

Selected already in major festivals in New York, Amsterdam, Montreal,
Vancouver and Bueno Aires.

For more infos on the film,  check www.aristidethefilm.com











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