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The second annual Mississippi River 9th Ward Film and Arts Festival Presents
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Three Films by Spike LeeTuesday October 5 - 7:30 pmShe's Gotta Have It Nola Darling has three male lovers and an interested female friend. All want her to be their's alone, but Nola is not inclined to be "owned" by anyone. Wednesday October 6 - 7:30 pm If God is willing and da creek don't rise (part I ) Five years after the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina, Spike Lee returns to New Orleans, to see how the ambitious plans to renew that wonderful city are going forward. Thursday October 7 - 7:30 pm If God is willing and da creek don't rise (part II ) Spike Lee Interview for 'If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise' (part I)
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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.
