Not exactly hot off the press this, but I went to see Jonathan Demme’s The Agronomist at Stranger Than Fiction last Tuesday and the Q&A was fantastic. Jean Dominique’s widow, Michèle Montas, got a highly deserved standing ovation. Danny Glover walked in and joined the group on stage and Montas proceeded to have everyone in tears talking about how the team at Radio Haiti-Inter convinced her to keep the station running for three years after Dominique’s death (until an assassination attempt, which resulted in the death of her bodyguard, forced her to leave Haiti in 2003). The bravery and determination of Dominque and Montas in their fight for democracy and freedom of the press in Haiti comes across so powerfully in the film and it was a real privilege to hear Montas speak.

Meira Blaustein (representing screening co-presenter: Woodstock Film Festival), Executive Producer Daniel Wolff, Producer Peter Saraf, Director Jonathan Demme, the incredible Michèle Montas, and Danny Glover.

Albert Maysles’ Psychiatry in Russia and the little seen Showman are screening at the last of this season’s Stranger Than Fiction tomorrow night. Al will be there for the Q&A - should be a treat.

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