Dive into the world of music through the lens of cinema at the PAPJAZZ 2025 Cinémathèque! On Thursday, March 20, at the Institut Français d’Haïti, enjoy a special selection of documentaries and films that celebrate the power, history, and influence of music.
📅 Thursday, March 20
⏰ Starts at 2 PM
📍 Institut Français d’Haïti
🎟️ FREE ENTRY
This documentary on PAPJAZZ takes you behind the scenes, showcasing the passion and dedication of its organizers as they work tirelessly to bring the festival to life. It also highlights the challenges of creating a world-class event in Haiti, navigating political instability, logistical hurdles, and economic constraints to keep the music alive.
Marcia, a passionate young singer, records an album with her idol Daredjane, a rock icon from the 1970s, who suddenly passes away. To release the album, she must convince Daredjane’s heir, Anthony, a market vendor in a small town, who never liked his distant relative and even less her music. Between good and bad taste, popular and chic, sincerity and deception, their two worlds clash—unless, of course, love intervenes…
Jean-Stéphane Bron followed Philippe Jordan, the musical director of the Paris Opera, and the Paris Opera Orchestra during rehearsals for Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 9—an interpretation paradoxically based on… silence.
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