2013 Events
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th - Please join us for a New Orleans Premiere Screening:
WAITED FOR by Nerina Penzhorn Press Street's Antenna Gallery 3718 St. Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117 7:30pm Free Admission WAITED FOR interweaves three stories of South African lesbians who adopt across racial lines. The documentary explores the ways in which these queer families challenge and are challenged by the traditional hierarchies of race and heterosexism that are still deeply entrenched in the South African psyche. The unique power of the film lies in its dynamic intermixing of the domestic amidst the political. In addition to the heart-wrenching moments inherent to stories of familial love overcoming the hurts of racism and homophobia, each of the three families’ stories reflects a different approach to the larger agenda of creating a post-Apartheid South Africa that is integrated and equitable. Sometimes they succeed in their efforts and other times they hit up against setbacks, but their determination never fails. (2011, 60 minutes) SEATING IS LIMITED. HOSTED by the New Orleans Loving Festival with support from Press Street. The New Orleans Loving Festival is an initiative of the Charitable Film Network. For more information contact [email protected], and please visit www.waitedfor.com. |
About the Filmmaker: NERINA PENZHORN was raised in South Africa and received her B.A. from the University of Cape Town after which she moved to California. In Los Angeles she worked for OUTFEST, the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and started her career in television and film. Nerina has produced segments for In The Life Television and Current TV. She also produces videos for non-profit organizations and is both a teacher and graduate student at The New School in New York City. Nerina’s short films have played at various film festivals worldwide.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19th - Please join us for a Special Film Screening:
FAMILY PORTRAIT IN BLACK & WHITE by Julia Ivanov. Ashé Cultural Arts Center 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70113 Community reception from 6:00-6:30pm. The film will start at 6:30pm. Admission Free. Family Portrait in Black and White follows a passionate Supermom, Olga Nenya, during three turbulent years that see her brood of 17 foster children grow into rambunctious teenagers. Olga is a loving mother but she is no Mother Teresa. Raised by the Soviet regime, she believes in communal responsibility over individual freedom and runs the family with a Stalinist determination. Olga does not see color or creed of her foster children of whom 16 are bi-racial, results of amorous relationships between local Ukrainian girls and African students. As a single mother, Olga fights tooth and nail to keep her family together and to give it strength and support with sometimes overbearing control. “When the kids grow up, at least they will have a mother to blame for all the failures that will happen in their lives”. In many ways, Olga’s words sum up the immense value of living with a Mother, ideal or not, biological or adoptive, versus being raised in the best orphanage where a child calls every caregiver “a mom” and might have twenty moms without knowing what a MOTHER is. (2011, 90 minutes) Filmmaker Julia Ivanov will participate in a Skype discussion following the screening. |
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HOSTED by the New Orleans Loving Festival and Ashé Cultural Arts Center, with support from New Orleans Community Cinema, New Orleans Film Society, and Charitable Film Network. For more information contact [email protected], and please visitwww.familyportraitthefilm.com.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12th
LOVING DAY AFTER PARTY Lost Love Lounge 2935 Dauphine Street New Orleans, 70117 10:00pm Admission Free Come hang out with us after the LOVING DAY POETRY CIRCLE at Lost Love Lounge. Admission Free - Drink Specials and more... |
HOSTED BY the New Orleans Loving Festival with support from Southern Eagle Sales & Services, Bissap Breeze, Lost Love Lounge, Press Street's Antenna Gallery and Charitable Film Network. For more information contact [email protected], and please visit www.lostlovelounge.com.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12th
LOVING DAY Community Celebration Press Street's Antenna Gallery 3718 St. Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117 6:00pm to 7:00pm, ROOM 220 Salon / 7:00pm to10:00pm, Poetry Circle Free Admission BLACK RABBITS & WHITE INDIANS: ROOM 220 Presents Controversial Children's Books. Writers JERI HILT, CARLUS HENDERSON and KRISTINA ROBINSON will present the children's books NAPPY HAIR, THE RABBITS' WEDDING and BROTHER EAGLE, SISTER SKY. Both writers will read the books along with a slideshow of images, and give short talks on their related controversies. Additional writers and books to be announced. Admission Free. Hosted by the New Orleans Loving Festival and Press Street's ROOM 220. For more information contact Nate Martin at [email protected], and please visit press-street.com. For more information contact Nate Martin at [email protected]. |
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LOVING DAY POETRY CIRCLE
The victory of Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving - in the court case of Loving vs. Virginia - not only won them their freedom to love, but it also granted the same freedom to every interracial couple in every state in America. Local Poets: Travis Duc Tran, Rosana Cruz, Geryll Robinson, and Delia Tomino Nakayama. For more information or to read at this poetic gathering celebrating mixedness and the 46th anniversary of Loving Day, contact Delia at [email protected]. Music Guests: Kiyoko McCrae, Rosana Cruz, Miguel Alvarado, Peter Nu, Mayumi Shara, Delia Tomino Nakayama, and Zuri McCormick. This event was funded in part by Poets & Writer, Inc. through a grant it has received from Poets & Writers, Inc. New Orleans. HOSTED BY the New Orleans Loving Festival, Nate Martin, Delia Nakayama and Wendy Gaudin with support from Press Street's Antenna Gallery & Room 220, Cupcake Fairies, Poets & Writers and Charitable Film Network. Please visit www.lovingday.org! |
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TUESDAY, JUNE 11th
MIXED COMEDY NIGHT Press Street's Antenna Gallery 3718 St. Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117 9:00pm Free Admission Please join us for a few laughs! Films, fun, food and more. Stay tuned... Additional details to be announced. |
HOSTED BY the New Orleans Loving Festival and Press Street, with support from Charitable Film Network. For more information contact [email protected].
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MONDAY, JUNE 10th - Film Screening & Discussion
A LOT LIKE YOU by Eliaichi Kimaro Ashé Cultural Arts Center 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70113 6:00pm Community Reception / 6:30pm Film Screening Free Admission Eliaichi Kimaro is a mixed-race, first-generation American with a Tanzanian father and Korean mother. When her retired father moves back to Tanzania, Eliaichi begins a project that evocatively examines the intricate fabric of multiracial identity, and grapples with the complex ties that children have to the cultures of their parents. Kimaro decides to document her father's path back to his family and Chagga culture. In the process, she struggles with her own relationship to Tanzania, and learns more about the heritage that she took for granted as a child. Yet as she talks to more family members, especially her aunts, she uncovers a cycle of violence that resonates with her work and life in the United States. When Kimaro speaks with her parents about the oppression her aunts face, she faces a jarring disconnect between immigrant generations on questions of patriarchy and violence. (80 minutes, 2012) Following the screening, there will be a short discussion with Director/Producer ELIACHI KIMARO, and GWEN RICHARDSON, Community Advocate, Consultant & Educator. HOSTED BY the New Orleans Loving Festival, Ashé Cultural Arts Center and New Orleans Film Society, with support from Charitable Film Network. For more information contact [email protected], and please visit www.alotlikeyoumovie.com. FILMMAKER BIO: Activist-turned-filmmaker Eliaichi Kimaro is director of 9elephants productions, a company that uses video to bring stories of struggle, resistance and survival to a broader audience. She produces videos for non-profits about social/economic justice issues, and recently has led a week-long filmmaking camp for girls. Eliaichi brings a lifetime of personal and professional experience exploring issues of culture, identity, race, class, gender and trauma to her Award-winning directorial debut, A LOT LIKE YOU. Most recently, her film has won the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary at the 2012 Asian American International Film Festival, Jury Award for Best Documentary Film at both the 2012 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival and the 2011 Montreal International Black Film Festival. Drawing upon her 9-year film journey, she is currently on the campus and conference lecture circuit engaging communities across the country in discussion about mixed race/multicultural issues, cultural identity, gender violence, and the power of personal storytelling. |
Elachi Kimaro
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Idrissou Mora-Kpai
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SUNDAY, JUNE 9th - Film Screening & Discussion
INDOCHINA,TRACES OF A MOTHER by Idrissou Mora-kpaï Ashé Cultural Arts Center 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70113 6:00pm Community Reception / 6:30pm Film Screening Free Admission Through the story of Christophe, a 58-year-old Afro-Vietnamese man, the film reveals the little known history of African colonial soldiers enlisted to fight for the French in Indochina. Christophe was one of seven Afro-Vietnamese orphans adopted by one of those soldiers when he returned to Benin after the war. The film explores the long lasting impact of bringing together two populations who previously had no ties and sheds light on a frequent practice within colonial history, that of using one colonized people to repress the independence claims of another colonized people. (71 minutes, 2011) Following the screening, there will be a short discussion with Director/Producer IDISSOU MORA KAPI. HOSTED BY the New Orleans Loving Festival and Ashé Cultural Arts Center, with support from and Charitable Film Network. For more information contact [email protected], and please visit www.idrimora.com. FILMMAKER BIO: Born in Benin, Idrissou Mora-Kpai studied in Germany at the University of Film and TV at Potsdam-Babelsberg where he graduated with an MFA in film directing. Since then, Idrissou has founded the production company MKJ Films in Paris and produced and directed several documentaries, among them his films "Si-Gueriki", "Arlit, the second Paris", "Indochina, Traces of a Mother. They have been presented at international festivals such as Berlin, Cannes, Rotterdam, Sheffield, Busan, Ouagadougou and garnered many international accolades and prizes. Last year, Idrissou was an artist in residence at Cornell University (USA). This year, he is a visiting assistant professor at Duke University (USA) where he teaches at the departments Arts of the Moving Image and African & African American Studies. He also works on the development of a new fiction project. |
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SUNDAY, JUNE 9th - Community Celebration
ICE CREAM SOCIAL & GOSPEL CONCERT Cafe Istanbul - In the New Orleans Healing Center 2372 St. Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117 2:00pm to 4:00pm Ice Cream Social / 4:00pm to 5:00pm Concert Free Admission ICE CREAM SOCIAL Please join the New Orleans Loving Festival for two hours of family fun, ice cream and other frozen treats! We'll have activities for kids - including face painting, storytelling, art projects, and more! SHADES OF PRAISE Shades of Praise: New Orleans Interracial Gospel Choir performs contemporary gospel music in the African-American style, works to introduce gospel to wider audiences across racial and denominational boundaries, and forges relationships that dispel stereotypes and create racial harmony. |
Shades of Praise New Orleans Interracial Gospel Choir
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HOSTED BY the New Orleans Loving Festival with support from Cafe Istanbul, Defend New Orleans, Jennifer Pagan, Art from the Heart, The Creole Creamery, The New Orleans Healing Center, Shades of Praise and Charitable Film Network. For more information contact [email protected].
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SATURDAY, JUNE 8th - After Party
LOST LOVE LOUNGE 2935 Dauphine Street, NOLA 70117 10:00pm Admission Free Come hang out with us after the MIXED MESSAGES.3 gallery opening at Lost Love Lounge. Drink Specials, free giveaways and more! HOSTED BY the New Orleans Loving Festival with support from Southern Eagle Sales & Services, Bissap Breeze, Lost Love Lounge, Press Street's Antenna Gallery and Charitable Film Network. For more information contact [email protected] and please visit www.lostlovelounge.com. |
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SATURDAY, JUNE 8th - Gallery Opening & Reception
MIXED MESSAGES.3 Multiracial Identity, Past & Present Press Street's Antenna Gallery 3718 St. Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117 6:00pm to 9:00pm Free Admission Group Art Exhibition featuring artwork concerning race, racism and the multiracial experience. Featured Artists: Beatriz "Soco" OCampo, Beryl Johns, Bottletree, Brian Cirmo, Carl Joe Williams, Donte K. Hayes, Ernest Littles, Haylee Anne, Heather Muntzer, Jenna Knoblach, Muffin Bernstein, Joseph Anthony Pearson, Marlena Smith, Soraya Jean-Louis McElroy and Tasleem Khan. |
''An Indian, servant and slave walk into a bar..." by Brian Cirmo
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GALLERY HOURS: Tuesday throught Friday from 1:00pm to 4:00pm, Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00pm to 5:00pm, and by appointment. On view June 8th to June 30th. HOSTED BY the New Orleans Loving Festival & Press Street's Antenna Gallery, with support from Southern Eagle Sales & Services, Bissap Breeze, Lost Love Lounge and Charitable Film Network. For more information contact [email protected] or [email protected].
Dr. Mora Beauchamp-Byrd
Dr. Jean Belkhir
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SATURDAY, JUNE 8th - Community Discussion
MULTIRACIAL PERSPECTIVES Press Street's Antenna Gallery 3718 St. Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117 4:00pm to 5:00pm Free Admission MULTIRACIAL PERSPECTIVES Please join us for a dialog on the Multiracial Experience through two lectures by local academics DR. MORA BEAUCHAMP-BYRD, Asst. Professor of Art History/Curator of Univ. Art Collections at Xavier University will open with a lecture on a local historic figure from the Creole Community. DR. JEAN BELKHIR, Associate Professor Southern University at New Orleans; Assistant Professor University at New Orleans, will close by relating his personal Multiracial experiences and discussing where we are as a country with race, class and gender today. HOSTED BY the New Orleans Loving Festival with support from Beryl Johns, Donnie Sampson, Press Street's Antenna Gallery and Charitable Film Network. For more information contact [email protected] or [email protected]. |
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FRIDAY, JUNE 7th - Film Screening & Discussion
HAFU: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan by Megumi Nishikura & Laura Perez Takagi Press Street's Antenna Gallery 3718 St. Claude Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117 6:30pm Community Reception and 7:00pm Film Screening Free Admission This documentary follows the lives of five “hafus”–the Japanese term for people who are half-Japanese–as they explore what it means to be multiracial and multicultural in a nation that once proudly proclaimed itself as the mono-ethnic nation. For some of these hafus Japan is the only home they know, for some living in Japan is an entirely new experience, and others are caught somewhere between two different worlds. The film explores race, diversity, multiculturalism, nationality, and identity within the mixed-race community of Japan. And through this exploration, it seeks to answer the following questions: What does it mean to be hafu?; What does it mean to be Japanese?; and ultimately, What does all of this mean for Japan? (2013, 90 minutes) Japanese and English subtitles. LIMITED SEATING. After the screening there will be a Skype Q&A with Hafu Producer/Director Megumi Nishikura, followed by a conversation with the New Orleans Hapa Community about the collaborative effort to create a Hapa Photo Scroll. For more information about the Hapa schroll contact Delia Tomino Nakayama at [email protected]. |
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FILMMAKER BIOS
Megumi Nishikura is passionate about documentary storytelling. A 2002 graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of Arts Film and Television program, she has been working steadily in the documentary film industry, first in post production as an assistant editor and editor, and from 2007, as a freelance documentary producer and director. Most of her recent documentaries have been for the United Nations and various foundations and NGOs on global and social issues. In 2009, she began to re-explore issues of multiculturalism, diversity, and identity. She worked with the Loving Day Project—an educational community organization which celebrates the legalization of interracial marriage in the US―to produce a video about their flagship celebration held each year in New York City. Her passion is to use the medium of film to remind people of our common humanity. Lara Perez Takagi was born in Tokyo, and raised in various cities around the world. Her father is Spanish and her mother is Japanese. She graduated with a degree in Audiovisual Communications and Multimedia Science at the Francisco de Vitoria University in Madrid, in 2005. As her appetite for cinematography continued to flourish, she returned to Tokyo on a Government Scholarship and explored her dual identity. She worked as a freelance production assistant in various Japanese production companies while she completed a MA in the Multimedia Science and Arts area in Waseda Universityʼs Graduate School of GITS. Here she directed and produced her first art-documentary “Madrid x Tokyo” that portrayed the vision of a person who grew up between two different countries and cultures. The film was screened at the opening week of the Cervantes Institute in Tokyo in 2009, and other universities throughout Spain. Still curious about the experiences of other hafus like herself, she teamed up with Marcia and Megumi to start the production of Hafu. |
Megumi Nishikura
Lara Perez Takagi
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HOSTED by the New Orleans Loving Festival with support from the Japan Society of New Orleans, Press Street's Antenna Gallery and Charitable Film Network. For more information contact [email protected],[email protected] and please visit www.hafufilm.com.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 6th - Gallery Opening & Reception
GREY VILLET: Loving Family Portraits Stella Jones Gallery 201 St. Charles Avenue #132, NOLA 70170 6:00pm to 9:00pm Free Admission Photographs of Richard and Mildred Loving, the interracial couple who fought marriage discrimination in the American south. The exhibit includes photographs that have never been available for public viewing. Photographs by award winning, LIFE Magazine photographer GREY VILLET. Barbara Villet will be in attendance. GALLERY HOURS: Monday through Friday, from 11:00am to 6:00pm, and Saturday, from 12:00pm to 5:00pm. On view June 6th to 30th. ORGANIZED BY the New Orleans Loving Festival with support from Stella Jones Gallery, Grey Villet Photography, Barbara Villet, Beryl Johns, Ernest Littles, Jerald L. White, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana, Cupcake Fairies, Students at the Center, Southern Eagle Sales & Services and Charitable Film Network. For more information contact [email protected], stellajonesgallery.com or call 504.568.9050. |