Aftershock film screening for Black Maternal Health Week
Following the preventable deaths of loved ones due to childbirth complications, two families galvanize activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crises of our time – the US maternal health crisis. To RSVP, please click here.
Inclusive Narratives: “Rising Voices” film screening (AfroMundo Festival event)
This short (18-min) documentary explores the importance of investing in and sharing stories created by Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color (BIPOC) filmmakers and storytellers. Panelists include: Mel Adún, Writer and Cofounder of Editora Ogums Publishing Collective; Ausettua AmorAmenkum, founder of New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center Resident Group, The Gradates—a performance group comprised of former […]
Folk Medicine – Healing & Spirituality: AfroMundo Festival event
Screening of short (15-min) film “Crooked Trees Gon Give Me Wings” followed by panel discussion. Panelists include Film Writer & Director Cara Lawson; Ashoka Fellow & Founder of Birthing Project—Underground Railroad for New Life, Kathryn Hall Trujillo; Doulah & Healer Tauz TamuPovi; Ausettua AmorAmenkum who since the 1980s has engaged incarcerated women with performance & […]
“Garifuna in Peril” Film Screening: AfroMundo Festival event
“Garifuna in Peril” delves into the Indigenous and Afro roots of the Garinagu, also known as the Garifuna. Panelists include: Garifuna Scholar Pablo Jose Lopez Oro; San Ilefonso Tradition Bearer and Healer Tauz Tamu Povi; Afro-Latinidad and Afro-Indigeneity Scholar Dr. Sheryl Felecia Means; and Big Queen of the New Orleans Washitau Nation, Ausettua AmorAmenkum.
Storming Caesars Palace free film screening
Indie Lens Pop-Up! “Storming Caesars Palace” tells the story of Ruby Duncan, a boisterous protestor who became a strategic organizer and then a White House advisor. She led a grassroots movement that fought for a basic income guarantee for families, she organized a massive protest that shut down Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and worked […]