Committed to the Rights of Haitian Women and Girls



Femme Notre Histoire

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Women In Haitian History

A panorama of women who have impacted political life in our country

Produced by the Women's Ministry on the status and rights of Haitian women in honor of International Womens' Day March 8, 1998 as part of an exposition featured at the Musee du Pantheon National Haitien from March 6th - 16th, 1998.
DWA FANM

invites you to

Our Third Annual Voices of Women

Celebrating Haitian Women Filmmakers

An auction and film-festival to benefit Haitian women survivors of violence in Haiti and in the United States

Also Presenting…

   
   


The work of more than 9 extraordinary women, their achievements, their vision and their use of film as language to speak with the world about women’s struggles, gender bias, racism, class, sexuality, abuses, oppression and child labor.

Screening films by Michele Stephenson, Elsie Haas, Patricia Benoit, Rachele Magloire, Michele Lemoine, Claudette Coulanges, Anne Lescot, Laurence Magloire, Michaele Jean.
Also acknowledging the first Haitian film to deal with restavek in Haiti, ‘Anita’, by Rassoul Labouchin and ‘Si’M Pa Rele’, by the late Martha Jean-Claude.

Narrator, world renoun artist and actress Michele Marcelin will walk us through excerpts from each film.

  • ’Faces of Change’, [2001 Work in Progress] A film by Michele Stephenson depicting poignant stories about the lives and experiences of six women as they encounter racism and discrimination. Michele Stephenson is one of Dwa Fanm’s founding members.
  • 'Enfants des Rues’ (1997), [Children of the Streets] Rachele Magloire’s story of children on the streets of Port-au-Prince. A story about the sexual exploitation of children living in poverty. A documentary about the prostituting of Haitian children.
  • 'Chronicle of the Bird-Women’ (1997), [Madan Sara/Street Vendors]. By Michele Lemoine. A documentary on the life of two Haitian women street merchants, Hermite Pierre and Visita Colagen and their economic struggle.
  • 'Looking for Life’ [Chercher La Vi] (1999) by Claudette Coulanges. A story about two Haitian women, and their interaction with each other. One sells pre-cooked food in front of a factory and the other woman is a factory worker. The film depicts the important role of Haitian women in the Haitian economy.
  • 'Of Men and Gods’ (2002), A film by Anne Lescot and Laurence Magloire. A vivid documentary on voodoo, religion, homosexuals, gender and sexual identity in Haiti; a rare and honest portrayal of gender oppression.
  • 'Se Met Ko’ [Your Body,Your Responsibility] (1989). By Patricia Benoit. A “soap-opera” about AIDS and HIV infection in New York’s Haitian Community.
  • 'Tropique Nord’ (1994) [North Tropic) by Michaele Jean. This film deals with the issue of Haitian and racial identity in Quebec.
  • ’Les Enfant Du Coup D’Etat’ [Children of the Coup D’Etat] (2001), by Rachele Magloire. A film which deals with the Coup D’Etat, focusing on the years between 1991 and 1994 and after, and also focuses the stories of survivors of violence.
Live music performance by jazz singer Myriam Augustin and Alix (Buyu) Ambroise, Eddy Bourjolly, Robert(Bob)Raymond and Sergo Decius.

Also introducing for the first time on stage, songstress,Sandra Lebrun.


Beginning March 22nd, 2003 at:
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Fl.
2PM-6PM.
200 Eastern Parkway, corner of Washington Ave.
#2 train to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum.
The 41 Bus to the Grand Army Plaza Stop.

Limited seating. – a tax-deductible donation.
To pay by check, please mail checks made out to "Dwa Fanm" to P.O. Box 23505, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11202 or buy tickets by phone by calling Dwa Fanm at (718) 230-4027.

$30.00 each ticket. $60 pays for entry into the event, a Dwa Fanm t-shirt and one ticket to participate in the raffle/auction.

To find out more about our film-festival continuing at the Brooklyn Public Library, please contact or
646-263-1050 or 718-230-4027

Auction and Raffle Sponsored By:

The New York City Opera BAM (The Brooklyn Academy of Music) Ticketmaster The Apollo Theater The 92nd St. YMCA The Pavilion Aaron Davis Hall The City Center

Reception Sponsored By:

Shawn’s Wines and Spirits Paley’s Wines & Liquors Prospect Wine Shop PathMark Bay River W. & L. Thrifty Discount Beverages of Park Slope


Dwa Fanm’s Board of Directors

Dr. Carolle Charles Regine Dupuy McCalla Gina Cheron Fiona Peck Sylvie Michel Michele Stephenson Connie Walsh Carine Jocelyn Darlie Gervais Florence Comeau   Martine Caezare Francois Farah Tanis (now Dwa Fanm’s Executive Director)

We would like to acknowledge and thank our wonderful volunteers:
Florence Duchantier and Patrick Augustin.

Dwa Fanm meaning "Women's Rights" in Haitian Creole, is a women's advocacy organization created in mid-1999 when a group of eight Haitian and American women from diverse fields met to discuss the state of women's rights in Haitian immigrant communities in the United States and in Haiti. Dwa Fanm's mission is to eradicate all forms of discrimination, injustice and violence against Haitian women and girls and to empower them to live as equal agents and participants in all aspects of their lives.


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