Sonoma Film Institute: What You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire?

Open to the Public
Date
Nov 10, 2019 , 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location
Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall
Admission Fees
Free; suggested donation of $5 and parking fee is $5

Italian-born, American South–based filmmaker Roberto Minervini’s follow-up to his Texas Trilogy is a portrait of African-Americans in New Orleans struggling to maintain their unique cultural identity and to find social justice. Shot in very sharp black and white, the film is focused on Judy, trying to keep her family afloat and save her bar before it’s snapped up by speculators; Ronaldo and Titus, two brothers growing up surrounded by violence and with a father in jail; Kevin, trying to keep the glorious local traditions of the Mardi Gras Indians alive; and the local Black Panthers, trying to stand up against a new, deadly wave of racism. This is a passionately urgent and strangely lyrical film experience.

Two young people walking on an empty street
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November 10, 2019
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