Queen B: A portrait of Littdell Banister, Tribal Queen of the Creole Wild West Mardi Gras Indian Gang (2010) from Sophielab as screened at the 2010 Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Ceremony on Vimeo.
The Thirteenth Annual Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Weekend presents
PREMIERE OF 2010-2011 QUEENS RULE! PROJECT PORTRAITS and DISCUSSION OF MARDI GRAS INDIANS ON SCREEN
featuring the premieres of Queens Rule! project profiles of Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame honorees Mercy Stevenson, Patrina Peters, and Laurita B. Dollis.
Elder Queen Mercy Stevenson is former Queen of the Wild Tchoupitoulas and the White Cloud Hunters. Laurita Barras Dollis is Big Queen of the Wild Magnolias. Partina Peters is Wild Queen of the Red Hawk Hunters.
Please join us at the 2011 Mardi Gras Indian Film Fest on Friday, August 5, 2011 at 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm hosted by McDonogh 42 Charter Elementary School, 1651 N. Tonti, New Orleans, LA. An event of the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Weekend, the screening and discussion is free and open to the public.
The Queens Rule! documentary project of the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame is supported in part by funding from the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, Kerry Clayton and Paige Royer, with production supervised by Betsy Weiss via the "Feminist Documentation and New Media" class in the Tulane Department of Communication and Center for Public Service, and by Crystal Kile via Sophielab at Newcomb College Institute (2006-2010) and now for the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame.
There will be a Q & A following with Guardians of the Flame Big Chief Brian Nelson, Director of the award-winning 2011 short Keeper of the Flame, and Greg Anderson, screenwriter of award-winning Stomp the Yard, joining Betsy Weiss and Crystal Kile.
For more information please phone 504-214-6630 or 504-231-5780.
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