Jonathan Demme Screens Haiti Film at the Coolidge

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On Monday, March 1 at 2 pm, The Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline will host a special benefit screening of Jonathan Demme's moving Haiti documentary The Agronomist.  The Oscar-winning director, who will receive the 2010 Coolidge Award, will introduce the film and answer questions afterward. Proceeds from this event will go to support Haiti earthquake relief through the on-the-ground nonprofit organization, Partners in Health (www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti).The Agronomist is about the life and work of Jean Dominique, human rights activist, investigative journalist, and host of the independent radio station Radio Haiti-Inter. His broadcasts throughout the early 1970s were a bold break from Haiti’s predominant government-run media, offering enlightening stories, in the native language of Creole, about global issues to the people of the island.  Dominique was forced to temporarily leave Haiti twice, but remained an outspoken advocate of freedom of the press and the Haitian community until his assassination in 2000.  The film features a stunning soundtrack by Grammy Award-winning musician Wyclef Jean.  Tickets are $25.  For more information and for advance tickets, please visit www.coolidge.org.  Tickets also available at the Coolidge box office, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline.