
A profile of Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist, Jean Dominique. It includes: historical footage of Haiti's vivid and tumultuous past; interviews with Dominique, himself and with Michele Montas--his heroic wife, life-long love, and extraordinary partner; and incorporates footage shot before Dominique's assassination on April 3, 2000.... (Full plot summary below)
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A profile of Haitian radio journalist and human rights activist, Jean Dominique. It includes: historical footage of Haiti's vivid and tumultuous past; interviews with Dominique, himself and with Michele Montas--his heroic wife, life-long love, and extraordinary partner; and incorporates footage shot before Dominique's assassination on April 3, 2000.
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| Cinema SignalsJules BrennerAn illuminating portrait of the courage that is as much a part of this Haitian broadcaster for human rights and democracy as vanity, pride and almost fanatical fearlessness. |
| Baltimore SunMichael SragowAs a documentary, The Agronomist, in its excitingly fractured, modern manner, does what Lawrence of Arabia and The Leopard do: It traces the upheaval of a civilization in the profile of a magnificent individual. It's a 90-minute nonfiction film with the impact and the greatness of an epic. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawFreedom to hope that one person, convicted and articulate, can still make a difference. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerA rousing celebration of a genuine people's hero and a timely reminder that a free press is the greatest weapon in the arsenal of democracy and freedom. |
| SlateDavid EdelsteinDemme's movie exuberantly crosses the border from documentary into hagiography and from hagiography into celebration. |
| Miami HeraldMarta BarberReminds us of previous events in the country's history, as told by a Haitian who impresses us as someone honestly looking for nothing more than peace. |
| South Florida Sun-SentinelLaura KellyJean Dominique was a man worth remembering, and Demme does him justice. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranDirector Demme has done other potent and meaningful films, but The Agronomist defers to none of them in its effectiveness and its power. |
| New York TimesA.O. ScottA magnificent documentary about the life of Jean Dominique, a Haitian radio broadcaster who was a brave and tireless voice for democracy and human rights in that unlucky country. |
| L.A. WeeklyMarc CooperAlthough the film may be about 20 percent overweight, the human story of a man who -- for four decades -- spat in the eye of his tormentors and gleefully accepted his role as a latter-day Sisyphus commands the viewer's attention. |