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Le président a-t-il le SIDA? = The President has AIDS?
- Title
- Le président a-t-il le SIDA? = The President has AIDS? / directed by Arnold Antonin.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Distributed by ArtMattan Productions, 2007.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | Sc DVD-2564 | Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound |
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- Additional Authors
- Found In
- African Diaspora International Film Festival collection
- Description
- 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Jimmy Jean-Louis-featured among the cast of the television phenomenon Heroes, - stars as a musician extraordinaire in denial, President, in this Haitian comedy-drama about the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Dao is the biggest movie star in Haiti, the self-proclaimed "President of Compas." He has women falling at his feet and men emulating him. He feels invincible-living the life of a rock star-sex, drugs and alcohol-except that he can no longer hide his illness which is threatening to derail his career. Despite pressure from his manager, he refuses to get tested for AIDS, turning instead to rituals, spells, and the church. At one of his concerts, he rescues Nina from the leery advances of Larieux, a wealthy and powerful businessman, who Nina's mother wants her to marry. As romance blossoms between Dao and Nina, who likes Dao despite his fame, not because of it, Larieux plots his revenge. Also starring Riccardo Lefeuvre and Jessica Geneus.
- Uniform Title
- President has AIDS?
- African Diaspora International Film Festival collection
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Feature films.
- Note
- "Unité audiovisuelle Centre Pétion-Bolivar présente avec le soutien du Système des Nations Unies ; un film d'Arnold Antonin ; scénario Gary Victor à partir d'une idée de Arnold Antonin."
- Credits (note)
- Director of photography, Camilo Widmaier. Sound, Lazaro Rosales Montero.
- Performer (note)
- Jimmy Jean-Louis, Jessica Généus, Ricardo Lefèvre.
- Language (note)
- In Haitian French Creole with English subtitles.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the African Diaspora International Film Festival collection.
- Call Number
- Sc DVD-2564
- OCLC
- 1059565569
- Title
- Le président a-t-il le SIDA? = The President has AIDS? / directed by Arnold Antonin.
- Imprint
- New York, NY : Distributed by ArtMattan Productions, 2007.
- Type of Content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
- video
- Type of Carrier
- videodisc
- Cast
- Jimmy Jean-Louis, Jessica Généus, Ricardo Lefèvre.
- Credits
- Director of photography, Camilo Widmaier. Sound, Lazaro Rosales Montero.
- Language
- In Haitian French Creole with English subtitles.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the African Diaspora International Film Festival collection.
- Added Author
- Antonin, Arnold.Jean-Louis, Jimmy, 1968-Généus, Jessica.Lefeuvre, Riccardo.Victor, Gary, 1958-Centre Pétion-Bolivar.ArtMattan Productions, publisher.
- Added Title
- Title on disc label: The: President has AIDS?African Diaspora International Film Festival collection
- Found In:
- African Diaspora International Film Festival collection
- Research Call Number
- Sc DVD-2564