The Agronomist

Jean Dominique might have been just another impressionable and hard-working radio personality/journalist in Haiti had it not been for the fact that the country was, and more than likely still is, caught in the quagmire of political unrest and violence always... Full review

This is one of the most inspiring documentaries I've ever seen. Jean Dominique's unparalleled quest for freedom really made my day and deepened my enormous respect for such idealists. His trademark smile was an invitation to join his struggle. His gestures,... Full review

Jonathan Demme's "The Agronomist" is a documentary about Jean Dominique, the Haitian civil rights leader and radio journalist who was gunned down by unknown assassins on April 3, 2000. A passionate believer in a free and open press, Dominique founded Radio... Full review

He gave voice to the masses at a point in history when silence was the status quo and personified integrity where corruption has been the norm for so long. I did not know him personally, but I am one of so... Full review

FASCINATING AND VERY WELL DONE DOCUMENTARY OF HAITIAN RADIO PERSONALITY JEAN DOMINIQUE. VERY WELL EDITED AND HOLDS YOUR ATTENTION WITH A GOOD PACE. EXCEPTIONAL.... Full review

FASCINATING AND VERY WELL DONE DOCUMENTARY OF HAITIAN RADIO PERSONALITY JEAN DOMINIQUE. VERY WELL EDITED AND HOLDS YOUR ATTENTION WITH A GOOD PACE. EXCEPTIONAL.... Full review

The Agronomist examines the life and legacy of Jean Dominique, a Haitian radio journalist who constantly challenged the oppressive policies of his country's corrupt regimes. In 1961, he chose to broadcast in Creole rather than French, the language of the educated... Full review

The Agronomist examines the life and legacy of Jean Dominique, a Haitian radio journalist who constantly challenged the oppressive policies of his country's corrupt regimes. In 1961, he chose to broadcast in Creole rather than French, the language of the educated... Full review

I spent quite a bit of time in Haiti when I was a child in the late sixties until the last time I went down there when I was in my early 20's, just after Baby Doc left the country. The... Full review

The Agronomist, a documentary film by Johnathon Demme, director of Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia, was made over the course of a decade in Demme's free time about the Haitian radio journalist. When Dominique was killed, this movie became about... Full review

That great documentary arose out of a need to remember a heinous historical time....that Dominique is a cultivator of the earth with no true land to call his own-is itself lovingly disproved by the movie's final sequence.....perfect match of interviewer and subject, The Agronomist is director Jonathan Demme's informative and emotional video testimonial to the Haitian radio personality Jean Dominique..... ... Full Review

Director Demme has done other potent and meaningful films, but The Agronomist defers to none of them in its effectiveness and its power. To understand that you have to see the film and experience first-hand the personal dynamism of its subject, the remarkable Jean Dominique, an irrepressible force, a true hero for our complex times and a martyr gunned down by unknown thugs in 2000. ... Full Review

we come to love him during the film.....Jonathon Demme's powerful, heartbreaking documentary, The Agronomist, is a tale about the fight for freedom and a man who gave everything for it.....His story is an interesting one..... ... Full Review

His story is an interesting one. Dominique used his wits to evade capture and thus was borne a lifetime of skillfully evading harm. Dominique took his voice to the radio, speaking in the patois of the poor Haitian people. ... Full Review

"The Agronomist" is a wonderful gift in a plain brown wrapper, an unexpectedly moving and exciting story that's arrived with a most ordinary title and a subject matter not likely to make heartbeats quicken. Director Demme has done other potent and meaningful films, but "The Agronomist" defers to none of them in its effectiveness and its power. ... Full Review

The Agronomist: Jonathan Demme , keeping his hand in documentaries and pursuing his fascination with Haiti (previously reflected in a CD compilation of Haitian music), tells the story of the volatile Caribbean nation through the dissident voice of Jean Dominique. ... Full Article

perfect match of interviewer and subject, The Agronomist is director Jonathan Demme's informative and emotional video testimonial to the Haitian radio personality Jean Dominique. Demme, long fascinated with Haitian culture, history, and politics, began videotaping Dominique in 1993 during one... ... Full Article

Wyclef Jean in The Agronomist Political activist/journalist Jean Dominique is the subject of this searing portrait of Haiti's political upheavals of the last 40 years. ... Full Article

Jean Dominique at the mic and on the march (Photos: ThinkFilm) A labor of love throughout and a work of stultifying dullness for more than half its 90-minute length, Jonathan Demme's documentary The Agronomist gets personal and all-together too up-close... ... Full Article

"They try everything, says Jean Lopold Dominique in The Agronomist . They would be the enemies of free speech who repeatedly endeavored to shut down his popular radio station, Radio Haiti Inter. ... Full Article

This well made documentary receiving virtually unanimous critical praise recalls the life of a man that defines courage, fearlessness, and an obsession with freedom for his fellow Haitian people. Across the years of dictatorships, Jean Leopold Dominique, popularly known as ... Full Article