Join us for an intimate wine & cheese reception in our Library, for our "Meet the Artist" with Artist in Residence, filmmaker Rachelle Salnave. RSVP is required to attend; click the TICKETS link to add your name to our list; space is very limited.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Filmmaker Rachelle Salnave's documentary “Harlem’s Mart 125: The American Dream” won “Best Documentary” at the 2010 African World Documentary Film Festival in St. Louis, Missouri and was featured in the 2011 National Urban League Conference focusing on gentrification. Salnave’s short documentary “The Haitian Guantanamo Bay Experience: The Legal Journey” was selected for the online exhibit, “Guantanamo Public Memory Project” spearheaded by Columbia University. After completing a Master’s degree in Motion Pictures at the University of Miami in May of 2014, she developed Ayiti Images, which is a film series showcasing Haitian films and its directors, traveling throughout South Florida creating forums to better explore the Haitian experience. In March 2015, The General Consulate of the Republic of Haiti in Miami nominated Salnave for the “Beacon of Hope and Achievement” award. Sundance Institute has selected Salnave as the 2015 Screenwriters Intensive Fellow. She has recently been nominated for a 2016 EMMY for her feature documentary, “La Belle Vie: The Good Life,” which examines her Haitian identity. Salnave is a Knight Foundation recipient and named as the 2017 “Knight Champion” her leadership in the film community in Miami. February 2018 she begins the launch of her new monthly film series entitled the Black Lounge Film Series in which she will be bringing films to Historic Overtown that explore the Black experience.