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Saturday, June 18, 2005

The Agronomist

Being the film junkie that I am, I tend to hesitate recommending movies on here. However, last night Faith and I watched The Agronomist, directed and produced by Academy Award winner Jonathan Demme. The Agronomist is a very interesting and informative documentary about the late Jean L. Dominique--former Haitian investigative journalist who believed very much in democracy.

If you're interested in gaining a better understanding of what in the world is exactly going on over in Haiti, see this movie. (It just became available to rent.) It covers, pretty effectively I might add, the last 50 or so years of Haitian history & government and it's relationships with the United States. Most books/commentaries/news agencies you come across will typically be very much one-sided to either the left or right, while this film simply and beautifully shows one man's fight for democracy and justice for the peasantry of Haiti.

Go rent it. Watch it. Talk to me.

Peace.