Haitian Documentary ("La belle vie") screening and review

Haitian documentary “La Belle Vie (The Good Life)”

Saturday, June 11, 2016 8:30 PM to 11:30 PM Chicago, IL">

Hi All...Let's see if we can come out this Saturday to make this the first event for our Haitian Social Meetup group. It would be even more awesome if we could perhaps grab some appetizers at Kizin before we head out to the screening. Let me know your thoughts.

La Belle Vie (The Good Life) is a story of self-discovery as Haitian-American filmmaker, Rachelle Salnave, ventures to confront the grace, and simultaneously the unseemliness, of her native ideologies. Born in New York City and raised by an upper class patriotic Haitian family forced to flee their island nation in adulthood, Rachelle comes of age in the midst of crossfire between two distinct cultures. The beliefs of her nurturing parents, the products of noble family histories, juxtaposed with the truth of her humble working class reality in Harlem, set the stage for an inner conflict that ultimately compels her to search for her own truth. With the proliferation of political turmoil, poverty, and the 5th year anniversary of the earthquake that shattered Haiti, this film ultimately documents the filmmakers burning desire to find a collective of people who manage to share similar identity issues but who turn love for their country as motivation to create change.

Meet the director Rachelle Salnave

This is a program of The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) which presents an eclectic mix of urban, classic, independent and foreign films that depict the richness and diversity of the life experience of people of African descent and Indigenous people all over the world.

Admission is $10.00
Tickets can be purchased here...
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2541213