Amour and beyond
Amour and beyond? Beyond love is death. “Amour” is lucid, touching, brutally honest and magnificent. It is the story of a loving couple and the harmonious and self-sufficient life they created for themselves. We witness their tenderness, their respect for each other, their shared interests and then illness strikes and we watch their world fall […]
Stones in the sun
Voices from Haiti INNERview with screen sisters Edwidge Danticat and Michèle Voltaire Marcelin ~ written by Katia D. Ulysse Multi-talented powerhouses Edwidge Danticat and Michèle Voltaire Marcelin deliver outstanding performances in Patricia Benoit’s debut film, Wòch nan Solèy (Stones in the sun). The movie premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival recently. Audiences in the DC Metro area had a […]
The burden of power
Alone on the parapet of a fortress, stumbling between sky and void, a sovereign howls his rage against the world. “The burden is heavy!” he bemoans in a display of self-pity and pathos. This is not a monarch in a Shakespearean tragedy, and though we’re at the Citadelle Laferrière, this is not King Henry. It […]
in the mood for love
Life often throws unexpected felicities down my path: a friend sends me the lyrics of an Osvaldo Farrés song: Quizás. You must know it; it’s love long hoped for, long awaited, long delayed… Quizás was a musical eternal of my girlhood, so the message arrived bearing an emotional charge greater than could be imagined. The […]
The Other Side of the Water
The Other Side of the Water – Lòt Bò Dlo – a Jeremy Robbins and Magali Damas film, follows the journey of DJARARA (a Brooklyn Rara band) through a labyrinth of vodou temples, underground economies, and violent politics from Haiti to New York City. Exploring the personal stories behind the music, this documentary-in-progress shows how […]
Le Patron
«On fait du théâtre parce qu’on a l’impression de n’avoir jamais été soi-même et qu’enfin on va pouvoir l’être.» Louis Jouvet Surnommé “Le Patron”, Jouvet était un comédien et un metteur en scène passionné qui recherchait avant tout la vérité dans le jeu et le théâtre. Il était bègue et pour devenir l’acteur que l’on […]
Je ne vous aime pas, Je ne vous aime pas…
Ce n’est que superficiellement que je suis superficielle déclare la Madame de… de Max Ophüls. Madame de… est frivole, coquette, légère et futile. Elle ment comme elle respire. Son bonjour n’est pas la vérité comme on dit chez nous. Son mari depuis longtemps a appris à lui pardonner ses petites tromperies. Et puis, et puis… […]
Anna Magnani ~ Rome Ville Ouverte…
C’est Anna Magnani qui m’a donné l’envie d’être comédienne. Elle n’était pas belle, ce qui me donnait de l’espoir au temps où la beauté physique des comédiennes semblait un obstacle incontournable. Elle n’était pas belle; elle était pire. Elle avait une vérité dans son jeu et dans sa voix, une voix de gorge, rauque et […]
La Bataille d’Alger
“Cette guerre était une partie d’échecs, que ni les colonialistes ni les Algériens n’ont gagnée: c’est l’Histoire et la douleur qui l’ont emporté” — Yacef Saadi, ex-militant du FLN Alger, octobre 1957; les forces d’élite françaises entrent dans la Casbah et viennent s’emparer d’Ali La Pointe, le chef guérillero du Front de Libération Nationale. Dans […]
The man by the Shore
L’Homme sur les Quais We are in Haiti, at the beginning of the sixties under the terror regime of Papa Doc. Six-year old Sarah (Jennifer Zubar) observes a violent scene from the balcony of her parents’ house. Later, under the supervision of her father (François Latour), a military captain, her godfather Sorel (Patrick Rameau), is […]
Haitian Films
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 and presenting the work of more than 9 extraordinary women, their achievements, their vision and their use of film as language […]
Michèle Voltaire Marcelin is a poet/writer, performer and painter who was born and raised in Haiti, sojourned in Chile, and currently lives in the United States. The publication of her first novel “La Désenchantée” (CIDIHCA, Montréal-2006) was followed by its Spanish translation “La Desencantada” and two other books of poetry and prose: “Lost and Found” and “Amours et Bagatelles” (CIDIHCA, Montréal-2009) - translated into Spanish by Editorial ALBA as "Amores y cosas sin importancia" - all of which garnered rave reviews. Her writings are also featured in 3 anthologies published in France: "Cahier Haiti" (published by RAL'M-2009), "Terre de Femmes" (Editions Bruno Doucey-2011) "Revue Intranqu'îllités" (2012). She speaks and writes fluently French, English, Spanish and Haitian Creole. She has a BFA from the Leonard Davis Center for the Performing Arts at CUNY and a Masters from The New School for Social Research.