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1942: Born Celesti Corbanese in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

1970: Obtains a doctorate in economics and commerce at the University of Rome.

1974: Made his first film:  « Duvalier accusé », a black and white short film of 20 min. Shot in 16mm.

1975: Directs « Ayiti, men chimen libète », a film in which he tours the world as part of the mobilization against the Duvalier dictatorship. This 120-minute feature film is in black and white. It was shot in 16mm.

1980: His film «Un Tonton Macoute peut-il être un poète?» wins the award for best short film in Caracas, Venezuela.

1983: Receives a master's degree in economic and international law from the Central University of Venezuela while also teaching there.

1986: Found and directed the Pétion Bolivar Center and becomes one of Haiti's most prominent human rights defenders and politicians.

1987: Starts the Libre du Jeudi forum, a pluralist space for meetings and debates.

1988: Starts working on a video, creating a documentary on his 20 years of working with the poor.

1992: Publicly withdraws from the political scene, presenting a self-critical explanation, surprising all of Haiti.

2001: After his film  « A nayif nan peyi kout baton » which in 1976 won the special jury prize at the French-speaking film festival, he made his first documentary on Haitian artists like Tiga:  « Haiti, rêve, possession, creation, folie ». A 52-minute movie, this film was broadcast by RFO and in the video section of the Saint Barthélémy Caribbean Film Festival.

2002: Honored at the Cannes Film Festival for his body of work and for his documentary « Courage de femmes », as part of the Djibril Diop Mambety Prize.

2009: At  the Fespaco awards in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Arnold Antonin presented his documentary “Jacques Roumain : la Passion d'un Pays”. He received the Paul Robeson Award in the "Feature Film of the African Diaspora" section.

2011: At Fespaco in 2011, Ouagadougou Pan-African Cinema and Television Festival, Arnold Antonin presents his documentary “The Loves of a Zombie or can a Zombie be President?“. This is one of his only films available in English, Spanish, French and creole. He received the Paul Robeson Award in the "Feature Film of the African Diaspora" section.