Please join us for the Second Annual NEW ORLEANS LOVING FESTIVAL – JUNE 7th to 12th, 2012. The New Orleans Loving Festival is a Multiracial Community Celebration and Film Festival that challenges racial discrimination through outreach and education. The New Orleans Loving Festival is an initiative of Charitable Film Network and Press Street. Festival programs are … The Second Annual New Orleans Loving Festival
Please join the New Orleans Loving Festival for a special film screening: WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE? by Catherine Gund & Tanya Selvaratnam What’s On Your Plate? is a witty and provocative documentary about kids and food politics. The film follows two eleven-year old multiracial city kids as they explore their place in the food chain. … New Orleans Loving Festival – What’s on Your Plate?
Please join the New Orleans Loving Festival for a Film Screening & Discussion. YELLING TO THE SKY by Victoria Mahoney (2011) 17-year-old Sweetness O’Hara (Zoe Kravitz) has arrived at the first of several life changing forks in the road. Being the daughter of mixed race parents in a less than tolerant community, she lives with … New Orleans Loving Festival – Yelling To The Sky
Celebrate LOVING DAY with the New Orleans Loving Festival. Join us for a special film screening! THE LOVING STORY by Nancy Buirsky & Home Box Office A racially-charged criminal trial and a heart-rending love story converge in this documentary about Richard and Mildred Loving, set during the turbulent Civil Rights era. Long Way Home: The … New Orleans Loving Festival – The Loving Story
CALL TO ARTISTS for “MIXED MESSAGES.2 – Multiracial Identity Past & Present.” The New Orleans Loving Festival is seeking original artwork and films with themes concerning the multiracial experience for a June 9th – 30th group art show at the New Orleans Healing Center. Please follow the guidelines below for consideration: Visual Art Submissions must … Call to Artists for Mixed Messages.2
Please join the New Orleans Loving Festival for a Comedy Performance featuring New York based comedian, writer, lawyer, husband, and new dad – ALEX BARNETT Barnett has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, in CNN.com and on NYC-TV. He is the winner of the 12th Annual Gilda’s Club (Northern NJ) Laugh-Off, and placed 2nd … New Orleans Loving Festival – Comedian Alex Barnett
Please join the NEW ORLEANS LOVING FESTIVAL for a film screening. CROSSING THE LINE: Multiracial Comedians by Teja Arboleda & Darby Li Po Price (2008) This award winning documentary analyzes how mixed race comedians mediate multiracial identities and humor. Crossing lines of racial, ethnic, and cultural acceptability by their very existence, multiracial comedians reveal that … New Orleans Loving Festival – Crossing The Line
Please join the NEW ORLEANS LOVING FESTIVAL for an Opening Reception & Film Screening. MULTIRACIAL IDENTITY by Brian Chinhema (2010) Multiracial people are the fastest growing demographic in America, yet there is no official political recognition for mixed-race people. Multiracial Identity explores the social, political, and religious impact of the multiracial movement. (82 minutes) FREE … New Orleans Loving Festival – Multiracial Identity
A would-be racist named Ned is locked up in a mental institution because he thinks he murdered an African-American woman. During his stay, he becomes involved with a beautiful African-American patient who believes she is the reincarnation of Hitler. They escape the institution together, but life on the outside proves to be tougher than they ever imagined.
Please join us for a free Screening of SKIN by Anthony Fabian SKIN is one of the most moving stories to emerge from apartheid South Africa: Sandra Laing is a black child born in the 1950s to white Afrikaners, unaware of their black ancestry. Her parents are rural shopkeepers serving the local black community, who … SKIN
