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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.
SWEET MICKY FOR PRESIDENT won the Grand Jury Award and Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival and won the Best International Director Award at the Documentary Edge Film Festival.
Sponsored by the Greater Port Jefferson and Northern Brookhaven Arts council, the Port Jefferson Documentary Series brings the directors, producers or stars of each film into the theater for an up-close and personal question-and-answer session.
Director, Ben Patterson and screenwriter/producer, and Grammy Award winner rapper, Pras Michel, former member of “The Fugees", will be the special guest speakers!
