African Diaspora International Film Festival Presents: Looking for Life
March 29, 2019 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Looking for Life introduces the viewer to two women, Anne-Rose and Rosemene, who each one has their own particular way of battling through life. The former makes lunches in a factory yard in Port-au-Prince and sells her meals to the factory workers; the latter is employed in the same factory as a production worker making pullovers and T-shirts. Every day she buys her midday meal on credit from Anne-Rose. Through the connection between these two women the film shows part of their daily work and the constant battle for survival that they lead together with other women in Haiti. Going beyond this, however the film demonstrates the extent to which the importation of North American goods has brought about the collapse of Haitian regional production and ruined Haiti’s economy. The connection between the two topics of the film reveals the significant role that Haitian women of today play in an economy that has been bled dry.
Directed by Claudette Coulanges, Documentary, 1999, 60 minutes, Germany/Haiti, Creole, French with English subtitles
*Part of African Diaspora International Film Festival Women’s Month Series.
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Location
Teacher’s College – Columbia University
525 West 120th Street, Rm# 263 Macy – btwn Amsterdam and Broadway
New York NY 10027 US