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Founded in 2007, NOAFEST showcases film, music, and other arts in a festive atmosphere favoring camaraderie, spirited interpretation and debate. In 2008-09 we launched Cinéma Première, a monthly celebration of international and American films, shown in diverse neighborhoods, accompanied by short live performances of music and other arts, as well as a discussion with the filmmakers. In October 2009, NOAFEST presented the first Mississippi River 9th Ward Film Festival, with a screening of the award winning feature film Karmen Gëi by Senegalese filmmaker Joseph Gaï Ramaka and music and dance performances by Kora Konnection and Nkafu Traditional African Dance Company. The event was held at The Lower 9th Ward Village. We believe that multi-media events offer a unique opportunity for encounter and exchange among a diverse public and contribute to a creative, dynamic society. Africa and communities of African descent are points of departure from which we open ourselves to the world. |
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.
