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We just returned from a great trip shooting preliminary footage for our next film in New Orleans. While visiting the city, we met some great people, including Mr. Leon Waters, a local activist who dedicates his time providing Hidden History Tours to tourists in order to shed light on local historical events that have been too easily forgotten.
New Orleans is still filled with monuments and plaques that celebrate white supremacy and honour the agents responsible for racial violence and segregation in Louisiana. Mr. Leon is involved in a movement to take down these symbols of oppression and replace them with markers that commemorate Black History. You can find out more about Mr. Leon and this movement here.
Short Documentary (2016)
Writer + Director + Editor + Producer: Maya Annik Bedward / Sean Liliani
Producer: Kate Fraser
DOP: Sean Liliani
Animation: Luke Mistruzzi
Sound: Laura Dickens
Synopsis
Although unknown today, Dr. Louis Charles Roudanez used his newspaper—The New Orleans Tribune—to win unprecedented rights for the formerly enslaved a hundred years before the civil rights heroes of the 1960s. A HIDDEN HISTORY follows his descendent Mark Roudané as he uncovers the legacy of his famous ancestor and struggles to understand a childhood where white supremacy was a family value.
Screenings
2016 – New Orleans Film Festival – New Orleans, Louisiana (World premiere)
2017 – The Regent Park Film Festival – Toronto, Canada (Canada premiere)
Third Culture will be presenting this week at the annual Power of the Arts National Forum. Co-organized by the Michaëlle Jean Foundation and Carleton University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Power of the Arts convenes researchers, policymakers, urban planners, youth and artists to discuss the ways in which using art as a tool for social change can improve the quality of life in underserved communities.
More good news! The Foreigner screens as part of The Female Eye Film Festival’s Official Selection this week! We can’t wait to mingle with some of the best female filmmakers from around the globe!
We are very touched to receive an honourable mention at this year’s Breakthroughs Film Festival. This festival had by far the strongest selection of short dramatic films. We can’t wait to attend the festival again next year!
We had the pleasure of mentoring a group of young women in East Scarborough through the Unravel Project. As their mentors, we helped them work towards production of their first short film, which they shot last week! Super proud of theses ladies, one of whom woke up the morning after Prom to make the shoot!
The Unravel Film Project is a 5 month program, founded by super tech star Nasma Ahmed for young women of colour ages 14-18 residing or attending school in East Scarborough.
Our short film THE FOREIGNER screens at the fourth edition of the Breakthroughs Film Festival in Toronto. Breakthroughs is the only festival of its kind in Canada dedicated to supporting short films by young female filmmakers.
Our director, Maya Annik Bedward won the 2015 Best Latin – Canadian Female Director Award last week at the aluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival for her short narrative THE FOREIGNER. Congrats to all the winners of the evening including Betzabé Garcia, who won Best Film for her film PORCELANA.
We are very excited to announce that THE FOREINGER will premier next month at the aluCine Latin Film + Media Arts Festival as part of the IDENTIDAD, LATIN CANADIAN CONTEMPORARY program! Information about the festival and details about the screening can be found here.