Oakland International Film Festival 2009: Life Outside the Pearl at Merritt College

Louis & Camille are hosting a foundraiser for Bellot Idovia Foundation, Monday, October 19, 2009, 6-9 PM, at 2919-9th Street in Berkeley, in the Community Room. The money raised will go to buy solar powered water pumps for rural Haiti, La Valle, La Torue area of the island. Every 15 seconds a child dies from a water-related disease. Call (510) 677-7886. If you can't make it donations can be sent to the Foundation at 484 Lake Park Avenue #356, Oakland, CA 94610. Visit www.bellotidovia.org Pictured: The star of Life Outside the Pearl, Jimmy Jean-Louis, perhaps the most famous Haitian actor to date, is between Camille and me. Pearl director, Uscla Johnny Desarmes, is to my right, and Louis is next to him.