RPCVSF members and friends are invited to view and discuss “Sugar Babies” — a controversial film about Haitian children working in the sugarcane fields of the Dominican Republic. Please RSVP to helenedudley@yahoo.com and bring a drink or light refreshment to share.
Other films in the series include:
- Living on One Dollar a Day, an award-winning documentary offering insights into the reality of living on meager and erratic earnings (shown in August)
- Inequality for All a documentary featuring Robert Reich (shown in September)
- Citizen Four - a documentary about Edward Snowden’s release of classified documents
- Taking Root – about Kenya Nobel Peace Prize recipient who planted trees (pending)
- Death of Two Sons -- the story of Amadou Diallo, the West African immigrant shot 41 times by four New York City police officers in 1999, and of Jesse Thyne, a Peace Corps Volunteer who lived with Amadou's family in his home village in Guinea. Jesse was killed in a car accident during Peace Corps service. (pending)
If you would like to borrow any of these documentaries to show in your own home please contact helenedudley@yahoo.com. We are happy to assist others in replicating this consciousness-raising film series.
