FILMS
May 31: Reel Mixed Experience, West Bloomfield, MI; 2:30PM-5:00PM
The Mixed Roots Movement will be screening a curated collection of Media That Matters shorts for the Reel Mixed Experience.
The collection, celebrating diversity, has been curated from the past five years of Media That Matters Film Festivals.
The Mixed Roots Movement provides resources and education to help create a community that celebrates and respects racial and religious diversity. By aiming to connect, network, share ideas, educate and get educated, advocate as well as explore ways to build awareness about the mixed-race experience and community, the Mixed Roots Movements is embarking on a path towards real and measurable societal change.
This collection of films highlights multiracial and multicultural experiences and the different ways in which race, ethnicity and religion are perceived.
The films to be included are:
Children of Birmingham
Face to Face
Holla Back Dubai
Is My Neighbor Latino
Cop Watch
The News is What We Make It
Slip of the Tongue
A Girl Like Me
Something Other than Other
Vision Test
We Were Humans
The screening will be held at the West Bloomfield Public Library in West Bloomfield, Michigan on May 31, 2008 from 2:30PM to 5:00PM (the screening begins promptly at 2:30)
The screening will be followed by a discussion.
So come on out to watch these films, share your thoughts and get connected!
By: Geneva Smith
Published on May 31, 2008
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