LOS ANGELES PREMIERE - BUZZ SECTION - JUNE 11, 2015 8:30 PM
SWEET MICKY FOR PRESIDENT follows Pras Michel, Grammy award-winning rapper and founder of the hip-hop group The Fugees, as he returns to his homeland of Haiti post-earthquake and finds a corrupt government in paralysis. With no experience or money, Pras passionately mobilizes a presidential campaign for the unlikeliest of candidates: Michel Martelly, aka “Sweet Micky”, Haiti’s most popular and most outlandish pop star. The idealistic and politically inexperienced pair set out against a corrupt government, civil unrest, and a fixed election system to change the course of Haitian history. When Pras’s former bandmate — superstar Wyclef Jean — also enters the presidential race, their chances seem further doomed and the story takes on the wild twists of celebrity drama. Pras Michel acts as masterful storyteller in SWEET MICKY FOR PRESIDENT a nd Director Ben Patterson brilliantly captures an important part of Haiti’s history as a fledgling democracy struggling to produce a government worthy of the world’s first black republic The film won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2015 Slamdance Film Festival.
SCREENING:
Thursday, June 11 - 8:30 PMREGAL CINEMAS LA LIVE 11
PANEL DISCUSSION FOLLOWS SCREENING WITH
WRITER/STAR PRAS MICHEL; DIRECTOR BEN PATTERSON; PRODUCER KARYN RACHTMAN; EXEC PRODUCER MARLON WAYONS
SPECIAL EVENT
PRAS MICHEL & FRIENDS - WITH PRAS MICHEL AND ELVIS MITCHELL - GRAMMY MUSEUM - MUSIC AND MOVIES
Friday, June 12 - 8:00 PMGRAMMY MUSEUM - “MUSIC AND MOVIES”
The power of music to transform, in spire and create change is the theme of an evening of performance and discussion hosted by Pras Michel of The Fugees. He will be joined by special guests who have used their art to champion causes close to their art. This panel is in celebration of his documentary SWEET MICKY FOR PRESIDENT
TALENT AVAILABLE:
Writer/ProducerPras MichelAvailable in person, via skype, phone or email (in LA June 5 - June 15)
DirectorBen PattersonAvailable in person, via skype, phone or email (in LA June 5 - June 15)
ProducerKaryn RachtmanAvailable in person, via skype, phone or email (in LA June 5 - June 15)