[373] OPPRESSIVE POVERTY IN HAITI SUBJECT OF “MTSU ON THE RECORD”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 18, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

OPPRESSIVE POVERTY IN HAITI SUBJECT OF “MTSU ON THE RECORD”
Documentarians Discuss Film Chronicling Women’s Struggle for Reform and Respect

(MURFREESBORO) --Two documentarians discuss their film “Poto Mitan,” which was screened at MTSU last month, on the next edition of “MTSU on the Record” with host Gina Logue at 7 a.m. this Sunday, March 22, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Renee Bergan and Mark Schuller turned their cameras on the soul-crushing poverty of Haiti by following the lives of five women. Solange, Frisline, Therese, Marie-Jeanne and Helene belong to The Committee to Defend Working Women’s Rights to combat discrimination, sexual harassment and oppressive working conditions in the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. The film shows how these women endure and stand up for justice in a country where the minimum wage is the equivalent of $1.80 per day.
To hear last week’s program, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2009.html anytime and click on “March 15, 2009” at the top of the page. For more information about "MTSU on the Record," contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.

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