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SUMMARY:Paul Beaubrun & Zing Experience!
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Cultural Exchange presents Paul Beaubrun & Zing Experience featuring Sanba Zao!\n  \nFilm Screening & Performance\n5-10:30 PM\nBrower Park\nSt Mark’s Ave\, Park Pl between Brooklyn Ave and Kingston Ave\nPaul Beaubrun & Zing Experience featuring Sanba Zao go on at 7:30 PM\nPaul Beaubrun & Zing Experience Extended Performance\n10:45 PM\nSalon on Kingston\n105 Kingston Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY 11213\n  \nIn partnership with Rooftop Films for the premiere of Kaveh Nabatian’s film “Kite Zo A: Leave the Bones” at Brower Park\, the evening will include music and dance activations\, Haitian vendors\, a vibrant performance by Paul Beaubrun & Zing Experience and a screening of the film. Join us after the screening for an extended performance by Paul Beaubrun & Zing Experience at Salon On Kingston. This event is also in partnership with Council Member Chi Osse and I Am Carribeing. \n  \nRVSP’s encouraged! RSVP Here »
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/paul-beaubrun-zing-experience/
LOCATION:New York
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SUMMARY:Wooly Saint-Louis Jean & KreyòlDjaz
DESCRIPTION:Join us at HCX’s home-base\, FiveMyles Gallery\, to experience the debut of Wooly Saint-Louis Jean & KreyòlDjaz!\nAugust 16th\n6-9pm\nFiveMyles Gallery\, 558 St Johns Pl\, Brooklyn\, NY 11238\n  \n\nSinger/Guitarist Wooly Saint-Louis Jean “Le Chanteur Des Poètes” is a beloved curator of both songs and poems from Haiti’s vast reservoir of literary traditions\, with a warm and engaging stage presence\, a deep sonorous voice and a unique ability to bring written verse to life through song.\n\nBassist Bobby Raymond is a journeyman musician who continues to perform and record with a veritable “who’s-who” of Haiti’s finest musicians. Bobby’s ability to play in any style\, his facility on both electric and acoustic basses\, and his supportive and intuitive musical gifts are admired throughout the Haitian music community and beyond.\n\nReed player\, composer\, and ethnomusicologist Paul Austerlitz combines his background as an ethnomusicologist specializing in Afro-Caribbean music with his creative work as a jazz musician. Paul weds his backgrounds in jazz and ethnomusicology\, producing works that incorporate the musics that he researches. He has been especially active in blending Latin and Caribbean music from the Dominican Republic and elsewhere with free forms of jazz.\n\nMarkus Schwartz is a Grammy-nominated percussionist\, recording artist & educator\, specializing in the traditional drum music of Haiti. As a life-long student of Vodou drumming\, Markus has deep roots in the Haitian music community\, and is a sought-after collaborator across musical genres\, bringing his informed approach to Haitian percussion to a wide array of projects and performances.\n\n\n\nRSVP HERE »
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/wooly-saint-louis-jean-kreyoldjaz/
LOCATION:FiveMyles Gallery\, 558 St. John’s Place\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11213
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SUMMARY:Mizik Ayiti with Goussy Célestin's Ayiti Brass
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Thursday\, July 13th\, for Mizik Ayiti featuring Goussy Célestin’s Ayiti Brass!\n7 PM | Brooklyn Botanic Garden\, Cherry Esplanade\nFREE with Garden Admission \nGarden Tickets Available Here » \n— \nAbout The Artist\nGoussy Célestin’s Ayiti Brass is a music ensemble that incorporates both sound and movement\, inspired by New Orleans’ second-line and Haiti’s Rara traditions with Jazz. The mission is to engage and awaken audiences in an impactful way\, ultimately evoking an experience of connection\, openness and possibilities. Their performances encourage participation in song and dance\, aiming to leave audiences moved and uplifted. \nBrooklyn born Haitian-American artist Goussy Célestin interchanges the roles of pianist\, composer\, vocalist\, dancer\, and arranger with ease. \nGoussy has performed for the last two decades for audiences both locally and internationally. After graduating from the Highschool of Music & The Performing Arts in New York City\, Goussy continued her studies with such esteemed artists as Ron Carter\, Jimmy Heath\, Donald Byrd\, Barry Harris\, Jaki Byard and Sheila Jordan. \nGoussy’s current mission integrates all of her disciplines in her project\, Goussy Célestin’s Ayiti Brass\, incorporating elements of traditional Haitian folklore and Jazz. \nShe is a faculty member for music education programs at Jazz at Lincoln Center. She is also a mother to two sons\, her “greatest creative compositions”.  Goussy leads classes and performances for neurodiverse families with Lincoln Center’s Passport and Big Umbrella programs. \nHer awards include\, Laundromat Project: Create Change Fellow\, Queens Council on the Arts\, Gardarev Residency\, Field Leadership Fund\, and Space @ Ryder Farm Residency. She was a featured vocalist for Rattlestick Theater\, and was a workshop facilitator for The Mile Long Opera. She leads music workshops for Bobby McFerrin’s CircleSongs School and The Metropolitan Opera in NYC. \nDuring the pandemic\, Goussy completed an advanced vocal improvisation workshop\, “All The Way In”\, led by vocal dynamo\, Rhiannon and received a commissioning grant from Mutual Mentorship for Musicians. Currently\, Goussy is a recipient of New York State Council on the Arts’ Support For Artists Award\, as well as having just received the NYC Women’s Fund grant from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and New York Foundation for the Arts\, for her upcoming recording release in 2024.
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/mizik-ayiti-with-goussy-celestins-ayiti-brass/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Botanic Garden\, 990 Washington Avenue\, Brookyln\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mizik Ayiti! 2023
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SUMMARY:Ti Atis in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, July 8th for Ti Atis in the Garden!\nWestbrook Memorial Garden\, 1233 Pacific St.\, Brooklyn\, NY 11216\nTi Atis (Little Artists) is an intergenerational program that aims to teach and engage youth and their families about Haitian culture and history\, through a series of activities and performances facilitated by Haitian artists. \nNo registration is required.\nJuly 8th\, 2023 \n2-4pm\nAlexandra Jean-Joseph & Sky Menesky of Imamou Lele: drumming & movement \n**This is event was rescheduled due to weather from the previous date of June 24th**
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/ti-atis-in-the-garden/
LOCATION:New York
CATEGORIES:Ti Atis
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SUMMARY:Selebrasyon!
DESCRIPTION:Join us for two weekends in June to celebrate Haitian music\, dance\, film\, and art.\nThursday\, June 15 | 6 – 11pm\nOpening Night of Selebrasyon! 2023: Records & Rhum\nOpening night dance party spinning old school Haitian Vinyl with DJ Hard Hittin’ Harry and a Konpa demonstration by Robenson Mathurin\nFree / $10 Suggested Donation\n@ FiveMyles Gallery \nFriday\, June 16 | 6 – 9pm\nA Haitian Culinary Experience\nExplore Haitian cuisine with a grazing table\, cooking demonstration and more featuring Chef Natacha Gomez\nFree / $10 Suggested Donation | RSVP REQUIRED\n@ FiveMyles Gallery \nSaturday\, June 17 | 6 – 9pm\nSolo Dance Performances Featuring Steeven Labady\, Nubian Néné & Live Haitian Drumming\nFree / $10 Suggested Donation\n@ FiveMyles Gallery \nSunday\, June 18 | 6 – 9pm\nHaiti Film Night\nNew York premier of ‘AGWE’ by Samuel Suffren & Haiti Film Fest 2022 Select\, ‘Toro La Cou’ by Pierre-Michel Jean\nFree / $10 Suggested Donation\n@ FiveMyles Gallery \nThursday\, June 22 | 6 – 9pm\nTeyat Kreyòl: A Night of Theatrical Performances featuring Schneider Laurent & Billy Midi with Live Music Accompaniment by Wooly Saint-Louis Jean.\nFree / $10 Suggested Donation\n@ FiveMyles Gallery \nFriday\, June 23 | 6 – 10pm\nLakou Nou Re-Envisioned: Art Exhibition and Soundscape featuring Steven Baboun & Lalin St. Juste\nFree / $10 Suggested Donation\n@ FiveMyles Gallery \nSaturday\, June 24 | 6 – 9pm\nClosing Night of Selebrasyon! 2023: Live! Featuring Darline Desca and Plezi Rara\nFree / $10 Suggested Donation\n@ FiveMyles Gallery \n  \nView all the events and register here »
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/selebrasyon/
LOCATION:FiveMyles Gallery\, 558 St. John’s Place\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11213
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SUMMARY:Ti Atis in the Garden
DESCRIPTION:Join us this June for our summer series of Ti Atis in the Garden!\nSaturdays throughout June\nWestbrook Memorial Garden\, 1233 Pacific St.\, Brooklyn\, NY 11216\nTi Atis (Little Artists) is an intergenerational program that aims to teach and engage youth and their families about Haitian culture and history\, through a series of activities and performances facilitated by Haitian artists.  \nNo registration is required.\nJune 10th\, 2023\n2-4pm\nMadjeen Isaac: visual art\nMadjeen will provide step-by-step instructions for youth attendees to produce a painting based on the themes “nature and animals”. This workshop will encourage youth to explore and express creativity in their own unique style. They will also practice listening\, sharing and communication! Painting materials will be provided. \nJune 17\, 2023 \n3-5pm\nOkai Fleurimont: drumming(3-4pm)\nRiva Nyri Précil: Movement &Krik? Krak!(4-5pm) \nJune 24th\, 2023 \n2-4pm\nAlexandra Jean-Joseph & Sky Menesky of Imamou Lele: drumming & movement
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/ti-atis-in-the-gardens/
LOCATION:New York
CATEGORIES:Ti Atis
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SUMMARY:Fanmi M\, Men Yo! at Photoville
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Cultural Exchange is pleased to have curated this exhibition of Lakou NOU 2022 artist Steven Baboun’s work for this year’s Photoville Festival.\n  \nPhotoville Festival runs June 3-18th \nOpening Weekend June 3-4th \nBrooklyn Bridge Park \n  \nFanmi M\, Men Yo! (“My Family\, There They Are!”) is a series of abstract photographs of queer Haitians in history\, culture\, and the current reality. The work\, created as a Lakou NOU 2022 artist-in-residence with Haiti Cultural Exchange\, celebrates and acknowledges the fluidity of queer Haitians\, honoring their ability to imagine and create kind futures for the queer community in New York\, Haiti and around the world. Steven generated this work collaboratively with community members\, weaving participants’ collective creativity into their respective art forms. Custom textile installations Photography\, sculpture\, and soundscapes are an homage to the Haitian Vodou Lwa’s\, who watch over and guide LGBTQAI+ people. From the unbreakable love of Èzili Freda to the carefree and expressive nature of the Gede family\, this project reflects the innovative\, resilient\, barrier-breaking qualities of our Lwa’s. \n  \nSteven Baboun is a queer artist from Port-au-Prince\, Haiti\, based in New York City. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Film and Media Arts as well as a minor in Education Studies from American University and graduated from Parsons School of Design with a Master of Fine Arts in Photography. Baboun is a multimedia artist creating through photography\, video\, performance\, and installation. His work confronts social and political topics in Haiti from polarizing and controversial issues to elevating the importance of Haitian culture and stories\, family history\, and immigration\, queer rights\, and more. Currently\, Baboun is the founder and creative director of the creative house\, Studio Baboun\, based in Brooklyn\, New York. \n  \nCurated by Régine M. Roumain and Emily Schiffer.
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/fanmi-m-men-yo-at-photoville/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Bridge Park\, 1 Water St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lakou NOU 2022,Photography
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SUMMARY:Haitian Flag Day Selebrasyon!
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the 220th anniversary of the Haitian Flag\, Haiti Cultural Exchange in partnership with the Prospect Park Alliance present a Haitian Flag Day Selebrasyon! \nJoin us Tuesday\, May 16 at the Prospect Park Boathouse & Audubon Center \n\nFeaturing live music by the renowned songstress\, Emeline Michel   \nAcoustic Ballads by Wooly Saint-Louis Jean and a dance performance by Robenson Mathurin & NANM Dance Company  \nArtisanal vendors\, cooking demos and more!   \n  \nVENDORS\nAskayana Chocolate  \nCantave de Saint Marc Coffee  \nBonbon Lakay   \nArtisan Network  \nGrandchamps Restaurant   \n  \nEMELINE MICHEL \nVocalist\, songwriter\, producer\, and performer Emeline Michel is internationally acclaimed for creating her own musical style by infusing pop\, jazz\, blues\, and traditional Haitian rhythms to create deeply moving and joyful music\, which captivates audiences with a magnetic live show. A master entertainer\, Michel has been sharing her message with audiences across Europe and the Americas for more than 20 years\, with 12 musical albums\, including appearances at New York’s Carnegie Hall; The United Nations; Ontario’s Luminato Festival; Montreal International Jazz Festival; New Orleans Jazz Fest; Tasmania’s Ten Days On The Island; the Teatro del Silencio\, where she performed with Andrea Bocelli and the Choir Voices of Haiti in Italy; Zimbabwe’s Harare International Arts Festival; and on MTV’s\, Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief fundraiser. \nHailed by the New York Times as a “Diplomat of Music” and “The dancing ambassador with a voice serene and warm like the breeze\,” Michel first began singing with the gospel choir of the Church of Gonaïves\, Haiti. She later studied at the Detroit Jazz Center and returned to Haiti\, where she completed her first album before moving to France to hone in on her skills under the tutelage of legendary vocal coach\, Richard Cross. Now based in New York City\, she runs her own production company\, Production Cheval de Feu\, and is currently touring in support of her upcoming new album and autobiographical documentary highlighting her love of children and her country titled\, The Aroma of My Land (2019). To witness an Emeline Michel show\, is to experience passion\, exuberance\, love and genuine presence in music.  \n  \n—\nRegister Here»\n—\nPLEASE NOTE: \nRSVPs are encouraged but not required. Entry is first come\, first served\, so please make sure to come early if you’d like to grab a spot!  \n  \n— \nProspect Park Alliance is the non-profit organization that sustains\, restores and advances Prospect Park\, Brooklyn’s Backyard\, in partnership with the City of New York. The Alliance provides critical staff and resources that keep the Park green and vibrant for the diverse communities that call Brooklyn home. Learn more at www.prospectpark.org.
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/haitian-flag-day-selebrasyon/
LOCATION:Prospect Park Boat House\, 101 East Dr.\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11225
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SUMMARY:Drumming for Healing with Okai Fleurimont
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Cultural Exchange in collaboration with Diaspora Community Services presents Solidarity With Migrants\nDrumming for Healing with Okai Fleurimont\nThe rhythms of Africa have traveled throughout the Americas and the Caribbean. Some rhythms have kept their original forms but others have transformed into other rhythms but still with the root of African cultures. We will be taking a musical trip throughout the western hemisphere to discover the similarities\, differences and impact of African drumming in the Western Hemisphere. \n— \nTanbou pou gerizon ak Okai Fleurimont\nRitm Afrik yo te vwayaje nan tout Amerik yo ak Karayib la. Gen kèk ritm yo ki kenbe fòm orijinal yo men gen  lòt ki transfòme nan lòt ritm men toujou ak rasin kilti Afriken yo. Nou pral fè yon vwayaj mizik nan Emisfè Lwès la pou dekouvri resanblans\, diferans ak enpak tanbou Afriken nan Emisfè Lwès la. \n— \n-MetroCard’s can be provided through Diaspora Community Services \n-Light Refreshments will be served \nRegister Here »
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/drumming-for-the-healing-with-okai-fleurimont/
LOCATION:Diaspora Community Services\, 921 E New York Ave\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11203
CATEGORIES:Solidarity With Migrants
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SUMMARY:"Nigeria Jones" by Ibi Zoboi Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Cultural Exchange presents the NYC book launch of Nigeria Jones by Ibi Zoboi\n\nFeaturing Ibi Zoboi in conversation with Ola Ronke\, in partnership with Café Con Libros and the FreeBlack Women’s Library\n\n\nThursday\, May 11\, 2023\nFiveMyles Gallery\n558 St. John’s Place\, Brooklyn\, Ny 11213\n6-9 pm\n\nFrom award-winning\, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes a bold new YA coming-of-age story\, which explores race and complicated family dynamics\, about a seventeen-year-old girl whose father is the leader of a Black liberation group.\n\n\nWarrior Princess. That’s what Nigeria Jones’s father calls her. He has raised her as part of the Movement\, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is home schooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals to connect her and other kids from the group to their ancestors. But when her mother—the perfect matriarch of their Movement—disappears\, Nigeria’s world is upended. She finds herself taking care of her baby brother and stepping into a role she doesn’t want. Nigeria’s mother had secrets. She wished for a different life for her children\, which includes sending her daughter to a private Quaker school outside of their strict group. Despite her father’s disapproval\, Nigeria attends the school with her cousin\, Kamau\, and Sage\, who used to be a friend. There\, she begins to flourish and expand her universe. As Nigeria searches for her mother\, she starts to uncover a shocking truth. One that will lead her to question everything she thought she knew about her life and her family. From award-winning author Ibi Zoboi comes a powerful story about discovering who you are in the world—and fighting for that person—by having the courage to be your own revolution.\n\n  \nIBI ZOBOI\nIbi Zoboi is the New York Times bestselling author of American Street\, a National Book Award finalist; Pride; My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich; Star Child; Okoye to the People; the Walter Award–winning Punching the Air\, cowritten with Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam; and the Coretta Scott King Honor–winning picture book The People Remember. She is also the editor of the anthology Black Enough. Born in Haiti and raised in New York City\, she now lives in New Jersey with her family. You can find her online at ibizoboi.net\n\n—\nRegister Here »
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/12090/
LOCATION:FiveMyles Gallery\, 558 St. John’s Place\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11213
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SUMMARY:Mizik Ayiti!
DESCRIPTION:Brooklyn Botanic Garden in partnership with Haiti Cultural Exchange present Mizik Ayiti!  \nMay 6\, 2023 |11:00am\nAlexandra Jean-Joseph & Sky Menesky of Imamou Lele \nLet’s take a journey to Haiti through the exploration of traditional games\, songs\, drumming and dance movement.   \nAlexandra 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’Olohoum is 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.   \nSky 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.   \nImamou Lele is an ensemble of dancers\, drummers\, and vocalists sewn together in the spirit of Haiti. Under the artistic direction of Alexandra Jean-Joseph and the music direction of Sky Menesky\, Imamou Lele aims to promote and preserve Haiti’s cultural heritage through traditional song\, music\, and movement. Imamou Lele’s latest work\, featuring Alexandra and Sky\, uses elements of traditional spiritual practice to explore womanhood within the context of society in Haiti and its diaspora.  \n  \nMay 6\, 2023 |1:00pm\nBuyu Ambroise & The Blues in Red Band present a fusion of jazz & Haitian rhythms. \nBuyu Ambroise has performed in New York City with various ensembles for more than 20 years\, playing usually Haitian Konpa music or Jazz. Buyu has worked with many notable Haitian groups in the New York Metropolitan area. He recorded with Ayizan\, a landmark avant-garde Rara ensemble. He also led the band Freefall which included world renowned Latin percussionist Bobby Sanabria (currently leader of the group Asuncion and the former drummer in Mario Bauza’s big band). Freefall also featured the talents of eclectic jazz percussionist Mino Cinelu (formerly with Miles Davis\, Sting\, and Weather Report). Buyu has also worked in the Project Liberty Jazz Ensemble with drummer Ben Dixon. Despite a long absence from Haiti\, his roots in Haitian culture remain strong. In his debut & sophomore albums Blues in Red (released in June 2004) & Marasa (released in December 2006)\, Buyu draws from the folkloric repertoire of Haitian music. Buyu could not resist the calling of infusing the similar African roots of both Haitian music and American Jazz into these story-telling melodies. Buyu has created a fruitful combination of traditional Afro-Haitian beats with the smooth improvisational grooves of enticing bass lines\, melodic brass solos & piano explorations in styles that take after those of American Jazz greats such as John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter.  \nComing from a Jazz perspective\, Buyu has revealed a natural relationship between the complex polyrhythmic structures in both the North American form and the Afro-Caribbean sound of traditional Haitian music. This fusion is the birth of a new musical style that encompasses the two and sustains the mix effortlessly.  \n  \nMORE DATES AND PERFORMANCES TO BE ANNOUNCED!\nReserve FREE community tickets here »\nThis event is FREE with Garden Admission
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/mizik-ayiti/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Botanic Garden\, 990 Washington Avenue\, Brookyln\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mizik Ayiti! 2023
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230430
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T234228Z
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SUMMARY:Salon d'Ayiti
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Cultural Exchange and The Center for Fiction are continuing collaboration to celebrate the work of Haitian authors and books on Haiti. Join us on April 28 and 29 for a weekend of book signings\, select readings\, panel discussions and Q&A’s.\n  \nFriday\, April 28th\, 6 pm – 9 pm\nOpening Night! \nSaturday\, April 29th\, 11 am – 4 pm\nSelect readings and discussions in English\, French\, and Kreyòl throughout the day! \n  \nMore details and registration here » \nPlease note there will be no translations for French & Kreyòl programming. \n$10 suggested donation to support Haitian arts & culture. DONATE HERE »
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/salon-dayiti-2/
LOCATION:The Center For Fiction\, 15 Lafayette Avenue\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11217
CATEGORIES:Salon d'Ayiti
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230415T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230415T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T142224
CREATED:20230106T225742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230322T035032Z
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SUMMARY:Mentally Rejuvenate with Glenda Lezeau
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Cultural Exchange in collaboration with Diaspora Community Services presents Solidarity With Migrants\nMentally Rejuvenate with Glenda Lezeau\n“This workshop will allow participants to tap from within and rejuvenate their minds. I will incorporate visualization exercises\, meditation\, and mindfulness exercises (i.e. deep breathing\, puzzles\, etc). I will also incorporate my signature letter writing activity where participants will write loving and healing letters to themselves. These letters will provide insight while tapping into their inner wisdom. Throughout the workshop\, I will create space for open discussions. The workshop will end with a quick movement/dance exercise. (Most likely Konpa 🙂 )” \n— Glenda Lezeau \n— \nMantalman rajenisman ak Glenda Lezeau\n“Atelye sa a pral pèmèt patisipan yo al cheche anndan yo pou rajenisman lespri yo. Mwen pral enkòpore egzèsis vizyalizasyon\, meditasyon\, ak egzèsis atansyon (sa vle di respire pwofon\, elatriye). Mwen pral tou enkòpore aktivite ekri lèt\, kote patisipan yo pral ekri lèt renmen ak gerizon pou tèt yo. Lèt sa yo pral bay yon lide sa ki anndan yo. Pandan tout atelye a\, mwen pral kreye espas pou diskisyon lib. Atelye a pral fini ak yon mouvman rapid / egzèsis dans. (Dans Konpa)” \n— Glenda Lezeau \n— \n-MetroCard’s can be provided through Diaspora Community Services\n-Light Refreshments will be served \nRegister Here »
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/mentally-rejuvenate-with-glenda-lezeau/
LOCATION:Diaspora Community Services\, 921 E New York Ave\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11203
CATEGORIES:Solidarity With Migrants
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230401T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230401T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T142224
CREATED:20230106T230358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230329T021444Z
UID:11956-1680354000-1680361200@haiticulturalx.org
SUMMARY:Radical Self-Care with Phadia Jean-Pierre
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Cultural Exchange in collaboration with Diaspora Community Services presents Solidarity With Migrants\nRadical Self-Care: Mental Health and Breathwork Workshop with Phadia Jean-Pierre\nOur wellness has been impacted socially\, politically\, mentally\, and medically creating challenges on how we show up for ourselves. SWITCH models support and uplift you to embrace your healing\, gain new perspective\, and practice radical self-care. When we allow ourselves to heal we become empowered to reduce our stress and connect with our mind\, body\, and soul. It’s time to improve your wellness by activating your energy within and shine. Radical Self-Care is now. \n— \nOto-Swen Radikal: Atelye Sante Mantal ak Respirasyon ak Phadia Jean-Pierre\nByennèt nou te afekte sosyalman\, politikman\, mantalman\, ak medikalman epi kreye defi sou fason nou parèt pou tèt nou. Modèl SWITCH pèmèt ou sipòte\, leve epi anbrase gerizon ou\, jwenn nouvo pèspektiv\, epi pratike swen tèt ou radikal. Lè nou pèmèt tèt nou geri nou vin gen pouvwa pou diminye estrès nou epi konekte ak lespri nou\, kò\, ak nanm nou. Li lè pou amelyore byennèt pandan wap aktive enèji anndan  ou epi briye. Oto-swen radikal se kounye a. \n— \n-MetroCard’s can be provided through Diaspora Community Services\n-Light Refreshments will be served \nREGISTER HERE »
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/radical-self-care-with-phadia-jean-pierre/
LOCATION:Diaspora Community Services\, 921 E New York Ave\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11203
CATEGORIES:Solidarity With Migrants
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230211T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230211T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T142224
CREATED:20230126T070617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230203T021501Z
UID:11976-1676124000-1676138400@haiticulturalx.org
SUMMARY:Salon D'Ayiti
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Cultural Exchange and The Center for Fiction are collaborating to celebrate the work of Haitian authors and books on Haiti. Community of all ages are invited to The Center for Fiction to engage with texts and authors through book signings\, readings\, panel discussions and Q&A’s.\nJoin us for the first event of our Haitian Literary Series: Salon d’Ayiti featuring the editors of The Haiti Reader: History\, Culture & Politics\nThis afternoon at The Center for Fiction will feature select readings\, panel discussion\, Q&A\, and a reception with the editors of The Haiti Reader: History\, Culture & Politics. \n$10 Suggested Donation  REGISTER HERE »\n— \nDuring the month of February\, recent Haitian literary work will be featured for purchase in The Center for Fiction bookstore. \nSave the Date for the second event in this series happening April 28 and 29\, 2023 \nThis will be a tri-lingual series\, with programming in English\, French\, and Kreyòl.
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/salon-dayiti/
LOCATION:The Center For Fiction\, 15 Lafayette Avenue\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11217
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230121T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230121T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T142224
CREATED:20230106T225124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230118T032416Z
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SUMMARY:Journaling for Remembering your Honorable Ancestors with Linda Duverne
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Cultural Exchange in collaboration with Diaspora Community Services presents Solidarity With Migrants\nJournaling for Remembering your Honorable Ancestors with Linda Duverne\nFeeling the need to meditate and journal about your relationship with your ancestor(s)whether you knew them or not? What would you say to them if they were in front of you?What do you wish to learn from them? Our time together will remind us that remembering where we came from is essential to remembering who we are. \n— \nJounal pou Sonje Zansèt Onorab ou yo ak Linda Duverne\nOu santi ou bezwen medite ak ekri sou relasyon ou ak zansèt ou (yo) si ou te konnen yo oswa ou pat konnen yo? Kisa ou ta di yo si yo te devan ou? Ki sa ou vle aprann nan men yo? Tan nou ansanm ap raple nou ke sonje kote nou soti se esansyèl pou sonje ki moun nou ye. \n— \n-MetroCard’s can be provided through Diaspora Community Services \n-Light Refreshments will be served \nREGISTER NOW 
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/journaling-for-remembering-your-honorable-ancestors-with-linda-duverne/
LOCATION:Diaspora Community Services\, 921 E New York Ave\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11203
CATEGORIES:Solidarity With Migrants
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230107T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230107T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T142224
CREATED:20230106T224410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230106T224410Z
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SUMMARY:The Body Work System with Guerdley Caju
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Cultural Exchange\, in collaboration with Diaspora Community Services\, presents Solidarity with Migrants\nThe Body Work System with Guerdley Cajus\nIn this dance and movement wellness workshop we’ll learn how to break through the self-silencing tendencies of internalized shame so that you can tune into the voice of your inner truth and express it with authenticity and audacity! \nMetroCard’s can be provided through Diaspora Community Services \nLight Refreshments will be served \n**Registration for this event is FULL**
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/the-body-work-system-with-guerdley-caju/
LOCATION:Diaspora Community Services\, 921 E New York Ave\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11203
CATEGORIES:Solidarity With Migrants
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221203T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221203T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T142224
CREATED:20221118T021657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221123T202556Z
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SUMMARY:Lakou NOU Culminating Event
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 2022 Lakou NOU culminating event on Saturday December 3rd at BKLYN Commons!\nThe 2022 Lakou NOU culminating event demonstrates the sheer resistance and power within Brooklyn’s Haitian diasporic community. Four unique projects by the 2022 Lakou NOU artists-in-residence examine crucial issues on the minds of many Haitians: the Haitian queer experience\, immigration policy\, language and identity\, and what it means to be Black and Haitian in America. This free event presents the artists’ work in conversation with each other\, demonstrating how these topics are intersectional. \nUnlike traditional artmaking\, where an artistic creation amplifies a sole artists’ perspective\, Lakou NOU residents generated this work collaboratively with community members\, weaving participants’ collective creativity into their respective art forms. The Lakou NOU culminating showcase will include visual art installations and photography by Steven Baboun\, audio soundscapes by Lalin St. Juste\, a live musical performance by Sherlee Skai\, and a live dance performance by Robenson Mathurin. \nThe artists projects are as follows:\nSteven Baboun (Canarsie): Fanmi M\, Men Yo! (“My Family\, There They Are!” in Haitian Kreyòl) is a series of photographs\, sculptures and sound pieces birthed and inspired by the Haitian Queer community and reality. Each textile sculpture features a sound piece created collaboratively with participants in the Haitian Queer Educational and Artmaking workshop facilitated during Steven’s Lakou NOU residency. \nRobenson Mathurin (Crown Heights): Koulè M Idantite M (My Skin\, My Identity in English)\, is a dance workshop series that reflects on the complexity of Black identity in different societies and\, specifically\, as part of the immigrant experience. Community members engage workshops in which they discuss: what does it mean to live\, survive\, and thrive in your own Black skin? \nLalin St. Juste (East Flatbush): Mother Tongue\, a multidimensional performance utilizing the soundscape of conversations around Kreyòl Ayisyen to interpret the celebratory and complex relationship to this language for Haitians throughout the diaspora. \nSherlee Skai (Flatbush): Conversation Through Music combines community conversation\, storytelling\, and acoustic ballads (shaped by multicultural influences from Haitian folklore to American jazz and soul); the aim is to raise awareness of immigration rights and advocate for justice centered policies for Haitian migrants. \n  \nREGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE »
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/lakou-nou-culminating-event/
LOCATION:BKLYN Commons\, 495 Flatbush Ave\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11225
CATEGORIES:Lakou NOU 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T142224
CREATED:20221111T045844Z
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SUMMARY:Koulè M Idantite M — A Lakou NOU Artist Event
DESCRIPTION:Koulè M Idantite M (My Skin\, My Identity) is a reflection on the complexity of black identity as part of the Caribbean immigrant experience. \nPerformance and Dialogue with Robenson Mathurin\, a Lakou Nou 2022 Artist. \n“Koulè M Idantite M” (My Skin\, My Identity in English)\, is a reflection on the complexity of black identity in different societies and\, specifically\, as part of the immigrant experience. “Koulè M Idantite M” invites black immigrant Crown Heights community members to engage in dance and choreography workshops that helped express their inner thoughts and helped to prime discussion of the question: what does it mean to live\, survive\, and thrive in your own black skin? The result of these workshops helped to create new choreography and performance. \nThe performance of this work will feature invited dance artists\, project participants sharing their testimonies and stories\, live Haitian drumming\, recorded music\, and possibly video projection. The public showing will also be followed by a public Q&A. \nAll visitors will be required to show their proof of full COVID-19 vaccination in order to access the Sign in App and enter Gibney Center. Gibney Center requires that you provide proof of vaccination at least 72 hours  in advance using this form. \n  \nRSVP here » \nLearn more about Robenson Mathurin’s Lakou NOU residency here »
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/koule-m-idantite-m-a-lakou-nou-artist-event/
LOCATION:Gibney 280 Broadway\, 53a Chambers Street\, New York\, New York\, 10007
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221028T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221028T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T142224
CREATED:20221020T021448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221020T021801Z
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SUMMARY:Allies For Haitian Migrants; A Lakou NOU Artist Event
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URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/allies-for-haitian-migrants-a-lakou-nou-artist-event/
LOCATION:MoCADA\, 80 Hanson Place\, Brooklyn\, New York
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220626T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220626T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T142224
CREATED:20220615T053017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220615T055755Z
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SUMMARY:Murder in Pacot
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Film Fest is presenting the diversity\, depth and vibrant spirit of the Haitian people through contemporary cinema. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nIn 2022\, Haiti Cultural Exchange produces the 5th Biennial Haiti Film Fest in collaboration with Les Lumières du Sud. \n HAITI FILM FEST SCREENINGS \n Friday\, June 24 – Sunday\, June 26  \nThe Flea Theater (The Sam) | 20 Thomas St\, New York\, NY 10007 \nScreenings will be followed by discussions with filmmakers\, industry professionals and scholars. \n$10 suggested donation for film screenings. RSVP REQUIRED. \nSee full schedule by clicking on this:Haiti Film Fest 2022 Schedule  \n\n\n\n\nMURDER IN PACOT* | Film | 130 Minutes | 8:00pm  \n*Pacot is the name of an upscale neighborhood in Port-au-Prince\, Haiti. \nDirector: Raoul Peck \nFilm in French & Haitian Creole w/ English Sub-Titles.  \nAfter the terrible January 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince\, an intellectual bourgeois couple struggles to reinvent a life amid the rubbles of their luxurious home. Needing money to survive\, the couple decides to rent the remaining habitable part of the villa to “Alex”\, a high-level foreign relief worker. He brings with him in the house\, Andrémise\, an ambitious 17 years old Haitian girl of modest background. Now the couple\, strained by the loss of their social position\, their ideals\, their dreams and desires must face this toxic intrusion.
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/murder-in-pacot/
LOCATION:The Flea Theater\, 20 Thomas Street\, New York\, NY\, 10007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Haiti Film Fest 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220626T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220626T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T142224
CREATED:20220615T052517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220615T053138Z
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SUMMARY:Stateless
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Film Fest is presenting the diversity\, depth and vibrant spirit of the Haitian people through contemporary cinema. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nIn 2022\, Haiti Cultural Exchange produces the 5th Biennial Haiti Film Fest in collaboration with Les Lumières du Sud. \n HAITI FILM FEST SCREENINGS \n Friday\, June 24 – Sunday\, June 26  \nThe Flea Theater (The Sam) | 20 Thomas St\, New York\, NY 10007 \nScreenings will be followed by discussions with filmmakers\, industry professionals and scholars. \n$10 suggested donation for film screenings. RSVP REQUIRED. \nSee full schedule by clicking on this: Haiti Film Fest 2022 Schedule  \n\n\n\n\nStateless | Documentary | 97 Minutes | 6:00pm  \nDirector: Michèle Stephenson \nIn 1937\, tens of thousands of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent were exterminated by the Dominican army\, on the basis of anti-black racism. Fast-forward to 2013\, the Dominican Republic’s Supreme Court stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents\, retroactive to 1929\, rendering more than 200\,000 people stateless.
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/stateless/
LOCATION:The Flea Theater\, 20 Thomas Street\, New York\, NY\, 10007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Haiti Film Fest 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220626T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220626T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T142224
CREATED:20220615T052335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220622T201249Z
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SUMMARY:Jacques Stephen Alexis & How (Not) To Build A School
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Film Fest is presenting the diversity\, depth and vibrant spirit of the Haitian people through contemporary cinema. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nIn 2022\, Haiti Cultural Exchange produces the 5th Biennial Haiti Film Fest in collaboration with Les Lumières du Sud. \n HAITI FILM FEST SCREENINGS \n Friday\, June 24 – Sunday\, June 26  \nThe Flea Theater (The Sam) | 20 Thomas St\, New York\, NY 10007 \nScreenings will be followed by discussions with filmmakers\, industry professionals and scholars. \n$10 suggested donation for film screenings. RSVP REQUIRED. \nSee full schedule by clicking on this: Haiti Film Fest 2022 Schedule  \n\n\n\n\n***Doors open at 1:00pm | Screenings begin at 2:00pm \nJacques Stephen Alexis\, Dead without a Burial Site | Documentary | 95 Minutes | 2:00pm Director: Arnold Antonin \nFilm in French and Haitian Creole w/ English and Spanish subtitles \nJacques Stephen Alexis is one of the most prominent writers of Haiti and the Caribbean. Coming back to Haiti in 1961 after a long journey abroad\, the author of “General Sun\, My Brother” and “In the Blink of an Eyelid” is kidnapped on François Duvalier’s orders and has been missing since then as well as four of his companions. This film shows the efforts to find records and decipher the mystery of his dis-appearance. \n  \nHow (not) to Build a School in Haiti | Documentary | 91 Minutes | 4:00pm  \nDirector: Jack C. Newell \nDevelopment\, history\, and colonialism collide when a seemingly simple aid project spirals out of control in Haiti. Headstrong American Tim Myers clashes with Haitian leader Anselme Saimplice\, forcing a reckoning on privilege and power. \n  \nPost-Film Screening Q&A with Director
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/jacques-stephen-alexis-how-not-to-build-a-school/
LOCATION:The Flea Theater\, 20 Thomas Street\, New York\, NY\, 10007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Haiti Film Fest 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220625T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220625T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T142224
CREATED:20220615T052209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220622T201205Z
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SUMMARY:Zombi Child
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Film Fest is presenting the diversity\, depth and vibrant spirit of the Haitian people through contemporary cinema. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nIn 2022\, Haiti Cultural Exchange produces the 5th Biennial Haiti Film Fest in collaboration with Les Lumières du Sud. \n HAITI FILM FEST SCREENINGS \n Friday\, June 24 – Sunday\, June 26  \nThe Flea Theater (The Sam) | 20 Thomas St\, New York\, NY 10007 \nScreenings will be followed by discussions with filmmakers\, industry professionals and scholars. \n$10 suggested donation for film screenings. RSVP REQUIRED. \nSee full schedule by clicking on this: Haiti Film Fest 2022 Schedule  \n\n\n\n\nZombi Child | Film | 103 Minutes | 8:00pmDirector: Bertrand Bonello  \n***Film is in French w/ English Subtitles  \nHaiti\, 1962. A man is brought back from the dead only to be sent to the living hell of the sugarcane fields. In Paris\, 55 years later\, at the prestigious Légion d’honneur boarding school\, a Haitian girl con-fesses an old family secret to a group of new friends – never imagining that this strange tale will conVince a heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable.
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/zombi-child/
LOCATION:The Flea Theater\, 20 Thomas Street\, New York\, NY\, 10007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Haiti Film Fest 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220625T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220625T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T142225
CREATED:20220615T051341Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220615T051341Z
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SUMMARY:Spotlight on Haiti with Pierre-Michel Jean
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Film Fest is presenting the diversity\, depth and vibrant spirit of the Haitian people through contemporary cinema. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nIn 2022\, Haiti Cultural Exchange produces the 5th Biennial Haiti Film Fest in collaboration with Les Lumières du Sud. \n HAITI FILM FEST SCREENINGS \n Friday\, June 24 – Sunday\, June 26  \nThe Flea Theater (The Sam) | 20 Thomas St\, New York\, NY 10007 \nScreenings will be followed by discussions with filmmakers\, industry professionals and scholars. \n$10 suggested donation for film screenings. RSVP REQUIRED. \nSee full schedule by clicking on this: Haiti Film Fest 2022 Schedule  \n\n\n\n\n*** Films are in Haitian Creole w/ English Subtitles \nPortrait of a Filmmaker with His Cat | Documentary | 5 MinutesDirector: Pierre-Michel Jean \nMy phone is like the black box of my life. I take it out of my pocket to memorize the slightest swirls of reality that challenge me. Retroactively\, whole sections of my life can be told in this way. A few weeks before the global pandemic\, I returned from a trip to Europe. This change of places\, contexts of atmospheres and the sudden fear of the outside I wanted to show all that with my phone video archives. How the love of what I do\, the love to inform others allows us to surpass ourselves. \n  \nSay Forgetting as a Lie /L’oublie pour Mensonge | Documentary | 33 minutesDirector : Pierre-Michel Jean \nOctober 1937\, the Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo massacred more than 20\,000 Haitian immigrants in the North of the Dominican Republic. A genocide passed over in silence that the Domin-ican government still does not recognize today. Before the memories fade\, child witnesses and survi-vors of this appalling massacre more than eight decades later tell fragments of their story. As a re-minder to ward off the present and guard against the future. \n  \nTowo La Cou| Documentary | 65 minutes \nDirector: Pierre-Michel Jean \nEvery year at Easter\, the heirs of the musical Rara Group ‘‘Towo La Cou’’ barely manage to pay the musicians and thus honor the tradition of their father: bringing the group to downtown Léogâne and defends the colors of Acul\, their small village. This documentary film follows ‘‘Towo La Cou’’\, a story of a whole community of destinies suspended by the toll of the high cost of living and a visceral need for music. \n  \nPost-Film Screening Q&A with Director & Filmmaker Guetty Félin
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/spotlight-on-haiti-with-pierre-michel-jean/
LOCATION:The Flea Theater\, 20 Thomas Street\, New York\, NY\, 10007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Haiti Film Fest 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220625T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220625T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T142225
CREATED:20220615T050329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220615T050848Z
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SUMMARY:Kafe Negro & Madan Sara
DESCRIPTION:Haiti Film Fest is presenting the diversity\, depth and vibrant spirit of the Haitian people through contemporary cinema. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nIn 2022\, Haiti Cultural Exchange produces the 5th Biennial Haiti Film Fest in collaboration with Les Lumières du Sud. \n HAITI FILM FEST SCREENINGS \n Friday\, June 24 – Sunday\, June 26  \nThe Flea Theater (The Sam) | 20 Thomas St\, New York\, NY 10007 \nScreenings will be followed by discussions with filmmakers\, industry professionals and scholars. \n$10 suggested donation for film screenings. RSVP REQUIRED. \nSee full schedule by clicking on this : Haiti Film Fest 2022 Schedule  \n\n\n\n\n  \n***Doors open at 1h pm | Screenings begin at 2:00pm \nKafe Negro: Cuba & The Haitian Revolution | Documentary | 52 Minutes | 2:00pm \nDocumentary in French and Spanish w/English subtitles \nDirector: Mario Delatour \nKafe Negro: Cuba & The Haitian Revolution is a film that explores the social\, economic & historical ramification of the Haitian Revolution on Cuba. This film tells the story of the waves of migration of Haitian workers who\, over time\, profoundly transformed the culture and demography of Cuba and developed coffee growing on the island. \n  \nMadan Sara | Documentary| 50 Minutes | 3:00pm  \nDirector: Etant Dupain \nDocumentary in Haitian Creole w/English subtitles \nThe documentary tells the stories of these indefatigable women who work at the margins to make Haiti’s economy run. It amplifies the calls of the Madan Sara as they speak directly to society to share their dreams for a more just Haiti. \nPost-Film Screening Q&A with Director
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/kafe-negro-madan-sara/
LOCATION:The Flea Theater\, 20 Thomas Street\, New York\, NY\, 10007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Haiti Film Fest 2022
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SUMMARY:Spotlight on Brooklyn & Haiti Filmmakers
DESCRIPTION:SOLD OUT\nHaiti Film Fest is presenting the diversity\, depth and vibrant spirit of the Haitian people through contemporary cinema. \n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n\nIn 2022\, Haiti Cultural Exchange produces the 5th Biennial Haiti Film Fest in collaboration with Les Lumières du Sud. \n HAITI FILM FEST SCREENINGS \n Friday\, June 24 – Sunday\, June 26  \nThe Flea Theater (The Sam) | 20 Thomas St\, New York\, NY 10007 \nScreenings will be followed by discussions with filmmakers\, industry professionals and scholars. \n$10 suggested donation for film screenings. RSVP REQUIRED. \nSee full schedule by clicking on this : Haiti Film Fest 2022 Schedule  \n\n\n\n\n**Doors Open at 5:00pm| Screenings begin promptly at 6:00pm \nHaiti Film Fest: SPOTLIGHT ON BROOKLYN FILMMAKERS \nDyaspora. Haitians Abroad: Exploring Language and Identity| Documentary| 39 Minutes | 6:00pm  \nDirectors: Emmanuella Aristil\, Nancy Fenelon \nThis short documentary Dyaspora. Haitians Abroad: Exploring Language and Identity\, is looking into the subject of identity\, language and duality within the Haitian American community. Through personal perspectives within the NYC diaspora\, the directors seek to broaden the discussion and gain insight to this very question.  \nThe Rain and The River | Short Film| 31 Minutes | 6:45pm  \nDirector: Jean Lodescar Jr.  \nIn the short film\, The Rain And The River\, an overly passive man (Alexander) who yearns to live life and find love must first battle his self-doubt and overbearing mother (Marie). Alexander grapples with barriers placed on him in his life and contemplates adversity. Underneath it all is strength and courage rooted in his ancestors…a strength he didn’t know he had. \nKay La Mande Wouze | Documentary | 8 Minutes | 7:15pm \nDirector: Jessica St. Vil Ulysse \nWhen we as the Diaspora look at our motherland\, we look at this ongoing narrative of civil unrest\, in-justice\, and in-equality and then we take a look at our lives here in the U.S. and realize we are battling some of those same issues; What are to do? The Film explore through movement where we as POC can draw from the strengthen our efforts to the idea of confronting these discriminations? How do we begin to spark change within ourselves and within our communities? Kay la Mande Wouze? There is a need of change. There is a need for a revolution. What role will YOU play in it?  \nElena| Documentary | 30 Minutes | 7:30pm  \nDirector : Michèle Stephenson \nSpanish and Haitian Creole with w/ English Subtitles  \nIn 1937\, tens of thousands of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent were exterminated by the Dominican army\, on the basis of anti-black racism. Fast-forward to 2013\, the Dominican Republic’s Supreme Court stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents\, retroactive to 1929\, rendering more than 200\,000 people stateless.  \nPost-Film Screening Q & A with Directors  \n  \nHaiti Film Fest : SPOTLIGHT ON HAITI with Rachelle Salnave & Marc Henry Valmond  \nFilms are in Haitian Creole w/ English Subtitles  \nMen nan Men| Documentary | 15 Minutes | 8:00 pm  \nDirector: Wilson Edmond  \nInspired by the hit TV show “Orange is the New Black\,” a young woman from Haiti galvanizes her friends to teach female prisoners Arts and crafts activities with the intentions of bringing them hope. Through the solidarity of her community\, Men Nan Men is a documentary that follows Estella’s experiences working with women in the prison system and gives voice to this forgotten population. \nThe Vocation| Documentary | 8 Minutes| 8:20 pm  \nDirector : Estaïlove St-Val  \nBertho\, a 34-year-old young man runs an arts and culture organization in Pétion-Ville\, Haiti in the hopes of creating change in his neighborhood and keeping the youth out of the streets. \nEskwad | Documentary| 12 Minutes|8:40 pm  \nDirector : Keziah Jean  \nWeeks after the Earthquake\, Eskwad captures a small grassroots organization in Haiti at the center of authentic community development. Eskwad captures Haitians using unity as their key ingredient in cultivating sustainability in the agro-industry. \nMadame Pipi | USA\, LABADIE-HAITI | Documentary | 9:00 pm  \nDirector : Rachelle Salnave  \nMadame Pipi follows the personal journeys of female Haitian bathroom attendants in Miami’s hottest nightclubs and their support to Haiti through their tips. \nPost-Film Screening Q&A with Directors
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/spotlight-on-brooklyn-haiti-filmmakers/
LOCATION:The Flea Theater\, 20 Thomas Street\, New York\, NY\, 10007\, United States
CATEGORIES:Haiti Film Fest 2022
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SUMMARY:Haiti Film Fest Opening Night
DESCRIPTION:Ticket sales have ended\n\nSales 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 \n\n\n\nHaiti Cultural Exchange presents the 5th edition of Haiti Film Fest OPENING NIGHT screening with FREDA\, by Director Gessica Généus \n\n\nABOUT THIS EVENT\n \n\n\n\nIn 2022\, Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX) will produce the 5th Biennial Haiti Film Fest in partnership with Les Lumières du Sud. \nJoin us for the Brooklyn Premiere Screening of FREDA\, by Director Gessica Généus\, in partnership with SaNosi Productions\, Ayizan Productions & Merveilles Production. \nThursday\, June 23rd\, 2022 at Nitehawk Cinemas\, Prospect Park West featuring a Q & A with Gessica Généus. \n“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.” \nHaiti 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. \nOpening Night: Thurs\, June 23rd 7-9pm \nAfter Party 9pm-11pm \nNitehawk Cinemas\, 188 Prospect Park West\, Brooklyn\, NY 11215 \n**Film is in Haitian Creole & French\, Sub-Tilted in English. \n**To help support Haiti Film Fest\, please plan to purchase a minimum of $25 worth of food/beverage during the film screening** \n**Cash bar for after party* \n  \nFriday\, June 24 – Sunday\, June 26 \nHaiti Film Fest Screenings at The Flea Theater: 20 Thomas Street\, New York\, NY 10007
URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/haiti-film-fest-opening-night/
LOCATION:Nitehawk Cinema – Prospect Park\, 188 Prospect Park West\, Brooklyn\, New York\, 11215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Haiti Film Fest 2022
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SUMMARY:Mizik Ayiti! at Zanmi Restaurant featuring Buyu Ambroise & The Blues in Red Band
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URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/mizik-ayiti-at-zanmi-restaurant-featuring-buyu-ambroise-the-blues-in-red-band/
LOCATION:Zamni Restaurant\, 1206 Nostrand Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mizik Ayiti! 2022
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SUMMARY:Mizik Ayiti! at Lakou CAFÉ
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URL:https://haiticulturalx.org/event/mizik-ayiti-at-lakou-cafe/
LOCATION:Lakou Café\, 195 Utica Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, United States
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