‘The Agronomist’

Fairleigh Dickinson University in association with the United Nations Association of New York and the Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.C., presented a special screening of the movie “The Agronomist,” by Jonathan Demme, on April 7, at the Film Institute of the Museum of Modern Art. Approximately 70 individuals from the University community attended.

The movie covers the life and work of Jean Dominique, formerly an agronomist in Haiti, who became a journalist at Radio Haiti and worked tirelessly to reach out to an exploited population that did not read. He was murdered on April 3, 2000.

From left are Michael Sperling, vice provost of global learning (Metro/Flor); Ann Nicol, executive director of the board of directors, United Nations Association of New York; Jonathan Demme, film director, “The Agronomist”; Larry Kardish, senior curator, film and video department, Museum of Modern Art; and Michele Montas, wife of Jean Dominique, slain journalist and subject of “The Agronomist,” and spokeswoman for the president of the United Nations General Assembly.

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College at Florham, Madison, N.J.

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Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, N.J.

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