CINE-AMERICAS
 Cine Americas is an initiative of the Art Museum of the Americas, which seeks to promote the artistic and cultural expression of the OAS member countries through the presentation of feature and documentary films.  

The program is open to the public, however,
since space is limited, reservations are recommended.

 Art Museum of the Americas
201 18th Street, N.W.
Washington DC 20006
For more information and to RSVP,
please contact Gabriel Gross at ggross@oas.org or by phone at (202) 458-3752.

 Click here to browse detailed archives of all past Cine Americas film screenings since June 2007!

 The Cine-Americas program has been made possible thanks to the generous contribution of the Brazilian Government through its Mission to the OAS. This donation has enabled the Museum to equip one of its galleries to serve as a screening room for Cine-Americas. 




























 
 
Haiti series-
June-July, 2009


Wednesday, June 17
at 6:30pm
Jacques Roumain: Passion for a Country /
Jacques Roumain: La Passion d'un Pays
(Haiti, Canada)
feature, 2008, 111 min,
directed by Arnold Antonin
in French and Creole with English subtitles

 This film explores Haitian society of the late 19th and early 20th centuries by focusing on the tormented life of one of Haiti's most important authors, Jacques Roumain, who was also a prominent political figure. In his writings, Roumain raised vivid questions that were and still are very much relevant to some of the issues and challenges the country faces to this day.
 * Winner, Paul Robeson Prize at the 21st Pan-African Festival of Film and Television of Ouagadougou (Fespaco) 2009.
  
Wednesday, June 24 & Wednesday, July 1
at 6:30pm
 Les Chemins de la Mémoire: Ayiti avant Duvalier/
The Roads of Memory: Haiti before Duvalier
 (Haiti)
documentary, 2002, 80 min,
directed by Frantz Voltaire
in French with English subtitles
Born in Haiti and now residing in Montreal, Frantz Voltaire has made several documentaries about the history and evolution of Haiti, including The Roads of Memory, an absorbing documentary that recounts Haiti's history from the early 1900s to the Duvalier era.