ENTERTAINMENT
From left to right: Harry Jeudy, Yanatha Desouvre and Samuel Ladouceur. Amy Desouvre
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By Nelson A. King
Lifelong Haitian friends and now
multi-award-winning filmmaking
trio Samuel Ladouceur, Harry Jeudy,
and Yanatha Desouvre, have signed
with Manhattan-based Crystal Ship
Artists (CSA) agency for representation
ahead of their long-awaited feature
film, “Flatbush.”
“Flatbush” is a true crime thriller,
inspired by true events, written by
prolific screenwriter Jeudy and set
in the unforgiving streets of 1990
Brooklyn.
The close and loving relationship
between Haitian American teenager
Harold and his mother are tested
when they are caught between two
worlds: survival or loyalty.
Faced with insurmountable obstacles
that put their lives in imminent
danger, they are forced to find unorthodox
ways to survive.
“’Flatbush’ is a coming-of-age
story showcasing the overt xenophobia
exhibited towards the Haitian
community in New York throughout
the 1990s,” Desouvre told Caribbean
Life on Wednesday. “With Flatbush,
experience a community with no
choice but to fight back, reclaim
their dignity and uphold their sense
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Honoree singer and social activist
Harry Belafonte speaks after receiving
the Oscar statuette for the Jean
Hersholt Humanitarian Award in
2014. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian
By Vinette K. Pryce
Over-achieving actor, singer and civil
rights activist Harry Belafonte can now
add Sir to the long list of titles he has
acquired throughout more than seven
decades of public appearances.
The also titled “King of Calypso” and
first Black Emmy award winner received
the distinguished title of Knight of
the Legion of Honor, France’s highest
order of merit from Ambassador
Philippe Etienne, the European nation’s
top emissary to the United States.
In handing the honor to the 94-yearold
legend, the diplomat hailed “the
exceptional and unprecedented place of
Harry Belafonte in public life (which)
bears witness to the values dear to the
United States and the French Republic.
”D
uring the private ceremony in Manhattan,
the ambassador elaborated on
the exemplary qualities of the recipient
saying Belafonte’s embrace of “a
number of founding principles of our
democratic societies: the pursuit of
freedom, equality and the guarantee of
human rights for all.”
Adding that “the singular impact of
Mr. Belafonte on the lives of Blacks and
American culture, for more than seven
decades, is a source of inspiration for
France and the rest of the world, for
future generations”.
Rev. Al Sharpton and close family
members and friends joined the honoree
as he basked in the significance of
the ceremonial reception.
Reportedly, Belafonte sipped champagne
afterwards.
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‘Actorvist’ Harry
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