| Alex, 17, lives in Haiti with HIV. “I would like to sing, but to make a song, I need to feel it inside myself. Sometimes I need to be happy. When I am happy, I can make a song.” Photo by Andre Lambertson |
Discussion 7:00pm, Performance 8:30pm
Free, advance RSVP encouraged to ensure seating
A panel discussion, “Using Art for Social Engagement”, will begin at 7 p.m. The panel features 2012 Guggenheim Fellow and poet Kwame Dawes, photographer Andre Lambertson, David France (filmmaker of “How to Survive a Plague”) and Patricia Finneran (Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program and Fund). Pulitzer Center Executive Director Jon Sawyer moderates.
The initial shock of the earthquake has passed, but Haiti continues its struggle to overcome both man-made and natural disasters. Voices of Haiti is poet Kwame Dawes's multimedia exploration of the earthquake through the lives and voices of Haitians confronting the ongoing consequences of this disaster, especially those living with HIV/AIDS.
500 17th St, NW
Metro: Farragut West or Farragut North and walk down 17th St, just past E St, about ten minutes or so
The performance grew out of a year-long Pulitzer Center commission to report on HIV/AIDS in Haiti after the earthquake, with Dawes, Lambertson, and Lisa Armstrong. While in Haiti, Dawes wrote poems in response to the stories he heard. These poems are at the heart of Voices of Haiti. The project also encompasses reporting featured in USA Today, The New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, and PBS NewsHour.
Voices of Haiti premiered at the 2011 National Black Theater Festival. It has also been performed in Haiti and Miami. More information and full bios of the participants can be found here.
Corcoran Gallery of Art 500 17th St, NW
Metro: Farragut West or Farragut North and walk down 17th St, just past E St, about ten minutes or so
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