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The second annual Mississippi River 9th Ward Film and Arts Festival at the Bayou Road |
Saturday 2Venue2523 Bayou Road New Orleans, LA 70119 Music, open air market - 3 pm Bamboozled Directed by Spike Lee "Delacroix plans to write a show that will be so "offensive and racist,"
5:30 pm
Bayou Road Sunday 3
More than a book store". Featuring African-centered books, art, fabric, gifts and more. Available to schools, churches, community events for storytelling, book clubs, performance venue, meeting space and book fairs. Will do special orders. The Community Book Center, a locally owned bookstore, is focused on celebrating the heritage and tradition of these vibrant and historic communities. The Community Book Center hosts monthly story telling events for area students, film showings, group discussions, while also serving as a meeting place for local charter schools and community groups. As much as the Community Book Center is a bookstore, it is also a community institution with deep roots in these neighborhoods, and is very dedicated to supporting its neighbors. For more information
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Join us for the Mississippi River 9th Ward Film and Arts Festival, October 6-9, 2011!
On Friday September 16 at the New Orleans African American Museum, we will offer a Festival Sneak Preview, featuring Mississippi Damned (2009) with Director Tina Mabry. Admission is free, seating is limited. Reserve a place at: noafest@neworleansafrikanfilmfest.org or 504-942-8542.
October 6, the Festival opens at the Galvez Restaurant & Atrium with a Gala honoring Harold Battiste, Jr, recipient of the second Toni Cade Bambara Award for Cultural Leadership. Come hear Jesse McBride Presents the Next Generation and a Battiste composition arranged by Dr. Jean Montes for Molto, a funky chamber orchestra! And for a little lagniappe: "Prelude by the River" at 6pm.
October 7-9, we will screen films on youth, women, the violence they endure and often overcome: Draw Yourself! (France, 2010); Shirley Adams: Portrait of a Mother (South Africa, 2009); Africa United (UK, 2010); Murder on a Sunday Morning (France/U.S., 2001); Central Station (Brazil, 1999); Black Venus (France/Tunisia, 2010), with live music by Charmaine Neville, Fredy Omar con su banda, and the Caesar Brothers Funk Box preceding evening screenings. And we will host two roundtables: “Black Men and the Justice System” and “Race and Power in New Orleans in Global Perspective.”
Gala Tickets are $75 each or $135 for two. Tickets available online or by check.
Festival screenings are $5 each. A Festival Pass for all screenings may be purchased for $20, online or by check.
Make checks payable to NOAFEST, 2670 George Nick Connor Dr., NOLA 70119.
