“The Agronomist” Jonathan Demme, 2004, 90 min. The Agronomist is about Jean Leopold Dominique who hosted Radio Haiti-Inter, Haiti’s first independent radio station. Jonathan Demme puts together this documentary with historical footage and interviews. The result is a serious recount of Haiti during its numerous regimes. Radio Haiti-Inter was Radio Haiti in 1960 and in 1969, it became... 

IN MY GENES Lupita Nyong’o, Kenya, 2009, 78min. What is it like to be “white” in a “black” society? Agnes, a woman with albinism, overcomes the difficulties of being born with no pigment in a society that discriminates against the condition. In My Genes asks us to consider how it feels to be a member of one of the most hyper-visible and yet effectively invisible groups of people in a predominantly... 

Socialist Party USA (NYC) – Liberation Film Series FREE SCREENING “Pete Seeger: The Power of Song” Largely misunderstood by his critics, including the US government, for his views on peace, unionism, civil rights and ecology, Seeger was targeted by the communist witch hunt of the Fifties. He was picketed, protested, blacklisted, and, in spite of his enormous popularity, banned from... 

Liberation Film Series – Free Movie Screening Lumumba (2000), Raoul Peck, dir. Celebrate Black History month with a free screening of Raoul Peck’s poignant film Lumumba (2000). The movie documents the life and death of the brilliant African politician Patrice Lumumba. Lumumba was the shining star of a generation of post-independence African left-wing leaders interested in charting a course...