Virginia Film Society presents a “New Orleans after Katrina” season in March
The Virginia Film Society’s Spring 2008 season resumes with our “New Orleans after Katrina� series of two films, Faubourg Tremé and Low and Behold.
Sneak Preview of Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
With Lolis Eric Elie and Dawn Logsdon
Monday, March 10, 7 p.m. Vinegar Hill Theatre
The Virginia Film Society’s Spring 2008 season is well underway as we head into March. After the season opener, Step Across the Border¸ Cavalier films revealed their latest project, Familiar Strangers, to a large audience at Vinegar Hill. After this short break in the schedule, we are resuming the season with our “New Orleans after Katrina� series of two films, Faubourg Tremé and Low and Behold.
In the Faubourg Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, the sit-ins began in the 1800s, the Harlem Renaissance started before the Civil War, and the roots of jazz music and Creole cuisine were being nurtured every Sunday in Congo Square. Faubourg Tremé is a historical documentary film about the enduring legacy of this incredible New Orleans neighborhood drawn through historical black-and-white footage as well as more recent footage shot both before and after Hurricane Katrina. The film’s writer/narrator, Lolis Eric Elie, and director Dawn Logsdon will conduct a post-show discussion session.
This screening is supported by the U.Va,’s Office for Diversity and Equity, Creative Writing Program, Carter Woodson Institute and the Office of African American Affairs.
Low And Behold
With Barlow Jacobs
Monday, March 24, 7 p.m. Vinegar Hill Theatre
An uninspired young man takes a job doing insurance claims on hurricane-damaged houses in New Orleans. His life is dramatically altered when he’s forced to deal with the personal faces of the cataclysm. New Orleans evacuee Barlow Jacobs brought his own experience as a claims adjuster to bear when developing the script of this film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007, and won Best Feature at the New Orleans and Rome International Film Festivals. Jacobs will lead a discussion after the screening.
This screening is supported by Brown College at the University of Virginia.
Admission is $9 and free to Film Society members. Individual admission tickets may be purchased 30 minutes prior to the screening at the venue box office, when seats are available.
