Partially inspired documentary, centered around a blatantly charismatic and compassionate figure of Haiti's struggling social revolution, The Agronomist does not succeed so much as a film then it does to chronicle the fevered pitch of this passionate social disc jokey.
Although there were times when I felt Jean Dominique was perhaps a bit too zealous, perhaps blotting out some of the crucial themes in his messages with constant over-enunciation and furious gesturing, it becomes clear that the infectious energy emanating from the man is genuine, and was reason enough to mount this low key study in political power.
Although there were times when I felt Jean Dominique was perhaps a bit too zealous, perhaps blotting out some of the crucial themes in his messages with constant over-enunciation and furious gesturing, it becomes clear that the infectious energy emanating from the man is genuine, and was reason enough to mount this low key study in political power.