March 16: Serenade for Haiti (2016)
Discussant: Christy McGill (Producer)

Filmed over a seven-year period in Haiti, this documentary feature film by director Owsley Brown tells the story of a small classical music school, the Sainte Trinité Music School, in the heart of troubled Port au Prince, Haiti. This modest school thrives in the shadows of decades of political turmoil and natural disasters. Its story transcends poverty and political violence and shows how music can transform the lives of the children and faculty of the school and unlock the power of their own lives and imagination. In Haitian Creole, French, and English with English subtitles. 78 minutes. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaDpXqm56S4

Sponsors: The Africana Studies Program, The French Program, the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, and L’Alliance Française de Fresno.

See the flyer.