The 2009 Montreal International Haitian Film Festival will feature RECLAIMING PEACE from the Rada Film Group, directed by Michèle Stephenson.  The festival begins tomorrow, Wednesday, September 23rd and is celebrating its fifth year of existence.

RECLAIMING PEACE, which tells the story of two Brooklyn-dwelling Haitian women who are survivors of domestic violence, will screen Friday, September 25th at 4:00pm.

The film will be screen together with two other short films: HIP HOP, DANSE CRÉOLE and POTO MITAN.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.festivalfilmhaitien.com/programme_en.html

Congratulations, Michèle!

‘Reclaiming Peace’ will screen as part of 2009 Representing Ourselves: From the Grassroots IV, a film festival by and for community organizers.

‘Reclaiming Peace’ follows the lives of two survivors of domestic violence from the Haitian community in Brooklyn.