Haiti Cultural Exchange

Haiti Film Fest Opening Night
2022-06-23 19:00 - 23:00 UTC | Nitehawk Cinema – Prospect Park, 188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, New York, 11215, United States
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Sales have ended for this event and we are currently sold out. No tickets will be sold at the door. Please be sure to join us for the remainder of the Haiti Film Fest (June 24 – 26) at the Flea Theater, 20 Thomas Street, New York, NY 10007. For more information visit: www.haiticulturalx.org

Haiti Cultural Exchange presents the 5th edition of Haiti Film Fest OPENING NIGHT screening with FREDA, by Director Gessica Généus

ABOUT THIS EVENT

In 2022, Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX) will produce the 5th Biennial Haiti Film Fest in partnership with Les Lumières du Sud.
Join us for the Brooklyn Premiere Screening of FREDA, by Director Gessica Généus, in partnership with SaNosi Productions, Ayizan Productions & Merveilles Production.
Thursday, June 23rd, 2022 at Nitehawk Cinemas, Prospect Park West featuring a Q & A with Gessica Généus.
“FREDA lives with her family in a poor neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. They make ends meet thanks to their small street shop. Faced with precarious living conditions and the rise in violence in Haiti, each of them wonders whether to stay or leave. Freda, however, wants to believe in the future of her country.”
Haiti Film Fest was established by Haiti Cultural Exchange in 2011 and has featured a diverse array of films, from award winning full-length features to compelling shorts, by emerging and established filmmakers from throughout the US, Haiti, Canada, Cuba, and Europe. Over the past four installments, the festival has drawn an English, French, and Creole speaking audience of over 3,000, connecting our diverse community to stories of exile, trauma, identity, and belonging.
Opening Night: Thurs, June 23rd 7-9pm
After Party 9pm-11pm
Nitehawk Cinemas, 188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215
**Film is in Haitian Creole & French, Sub-Tilted in English.
**To help support Haiti Film Fest, please plan to purchase a minimum of $25 worth of food/beverage during the film screening**
**Cash bar for after party*

Friday, June 24 – Sunday, June 26
Haiti Film Fest Screenings at The Flea Theater: 20 Thomas Street, New York, NY 10007

Mizik Ayiti! at Zanmi Restaurant featuring Buyu Ambroise & The Blues in Red Band
2022-05-29 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Zamni Restaurant, 1206 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Mizik Ayiti! at Lakou CAFÉ
2022-05-29 13:00 - 15:00 UTC | Lakou Café, 195 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Mizik Ayiti! at Grandchamps featuring Okai Musik
2022-05-27 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | Grandchamps, 197 Patchen Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Mizik Ayiti! featuring Sherlee Skai singing acoustic ballads
2022-05-07 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 990 Washington Avenue, Brookyln, NY, United States
Presenting World Music singer-songwriter Sherlee Skai who brings a unique sound shaped by multicultural influences from Haitian folklore to American jazz and soul. She sings from the heart combining art, story,and song in perfect unison.
Based in New York where she graced the stages of Harlem Week, New-York Marathon, and more, Sherlee Skai’s music celebrates her origin and culture, shares her vision as an immigrant, a woman standing in front of life, hence the title of her album “TOUTOUNI” (Bare Naked).
Sherlee is a politically active and engaged artist and makes it her duty to promote Haitian culture and bringawarenesstothesocial and politicalissues inHaiti.

Haitian Drumming & Dance by Imamou Lele
2022-05-07 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 990 Washington Avenue, Brookyln, NY, United States
Joins us for a family centered workshop for all ages!
Alexandra Jean-Joseph is an educator, dancer and choreographer. As the Artistic Director of drum and dance ensemble Imamou Lele, she currently produces cultural material and folkloric works of Haiti through traditional dance. As a manbo of Haitian Vodou, she strives to preserve the connection between Haitian Folkloric Dance and Vodou rites and to promote dance as an experience where spirit and art meet. She currently practices with her spiritual family at Le Temple D’Olohoum in Queens, New York. Le Temple D’Olohoumis dedicated to the observance of Vodou in its most religious aspect. It focuses on creating a physical, mental, moral, and spiritual environment for the practice of Vodou.
Sky Menesky is an educator, percussionist, and cultural activist. He currently works as a middle school teacher in Brooklyn, New York while hosting “The Sky Menesky Podcast”. The podcast is a sans-frontiere radio program committed to promoting, defending, and educating Haitians and non-Haitians on the importance of Haiti, and advocating for cultural, economic, and political change in our community here within the diaspora.As the Music Director of drum and dance ensemble Imamou Lele, Sky aims to protect and promote Haiti’s folkloric traditions and continue to preserve Haiti’s cultural heritage through traditional songs and drum rhythms.

Mizik Ayiti! at DRINK LOUNGE featuring DJ Serge Negri
2022-04-28 18:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Drink Lounge, 768 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Mizik Ayiti! featuring Obed Jean-Loui
2022-04-23 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 990 Washington Avenue, Brookyln, NY, United States
Free with Garden Admission
Obed Jean-Louisis a singer/songwriter born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. His exposure to an array of musical styles permeating the Island such as Rasin (traditional Haitian rhythms) Gospel, Konpa, Reggae, Jazz, and Pop, have inspired his creativity and fueled his desire to express and share his music.In the late 90s, Obedleft Haiti for New York.Shortly after his arrival he found himself in a school of artists and teachers such as Jowee Omicil, Nedelka Prescod, Lisa Harris, Beethova Obas, NY All Stars & the legendary Haitian band Tabou Combo whom he had the privilege of touring & recording with on their “Taboulogy”album. He has also been featured on “Atis Pou Ayiti”, celebrating Haiti’s independence Bicentennial, with artists such as Ralph Tamar and Eddy François. Over the years, Obed is humbled to have graced many of New York’s main stage venues such as Le Poisson Rouge, Joe’s Pub, SOB’s, BAM Café, The Brooklyn Museum, and Bay Street Theater, along with numerous other venues around the Metropolitan area including the Blue Note Jazz Bar,opening for soul songstress Mavis Swann Pool & Soul Understated.
Obed is currently working on the release of his first album, bridging his various musical influences, sharing his story as a Haitian immigrant in “Ladeo Sankofa”, as he tilts, turns, reaches back, and reclaims his musical heritage in a fusion of Creole & English songs, expressing a love of Haitian Culture and the joy of FREEDOM for everyone.
