Word: dominiqueã
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...documentary simultaneously traces the life of Dominique, an agronomist turned radio journalist, and the transformation of Haiti from brutal dictatorship to equally brutal military rule to corrupt oligarchy with democratic overtones. The film is helped out by Dominique??€™s eccentric character—gleeful, charismatic and contrarian, which singled him out for persecution at the hands of one or another strongman’s private militia. This oppression of Dominique, his followers and poor Haitians in general is ultimately the theme that ties the film’s large historical bookends. Demme dredges up some oft-unseen footage...
...States, consistently marked with a hope that Haiti’s political situation had improved, became the dread of the ruling clique, who amply made sure—by torching Radio Haiti’s headquarters, destroying its broadcast towers, arresting and sometimes killing journalists—that Dominique??€™s message could not be spread...
...constant melancholy of the film—ironically tempered only by lively and high-spirited interviews with Dominique himself, forever employing flamboyant gesticulations and smoking a pipe—allows for little surprise when the final tragedy of Dominique??€™s own death appear in full brutality on screen. He was gunned down in 2000 by a gunman employed by one of Aristide’s associates...
Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching and Dominique??€”a friend of the owner who moonlights as the living, breathing mannequin—is ready and waiting to help the men of Harvard help themselves. She is on hand now through Feb. 13 to try on the merchandise for discerning male customers...
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