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Hearn Stage at Kress Theatre
1102 3rd. St.
Small Black Box style theatre.
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november
06nov7:00 pm9:09 pmIndependent Film: Little SatchmoLittle Satchmo
Event Details
Join The Arts Council of Central Louisiana on Monday, November 6th at 7:00 PM for a screening of the EMMY winning film, Little
Event Details
Join The Arts Council of Central Louisiana on Monday, November 6th at 7:00 PM for a screening of the EMMY winning film, Little Satchmo.
This is the 3rd film in our 2023-2024 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers Series.
This is the 3rd film in our 2023-2024 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers Series.
EMMY winning film on Louis Armstrong’s daughter comes to Alexandria!
Louis Armstrong’s secret daughter reveals a new side of the music and cultural icon’s personal life in the acclaimed PBS film Little Satchmo, winner of the Southeast EMMY Award for Outstanding Historical Documentary, which comes to the Hearn Stage at the Kress Theatre on Monday, November 6th at 7:00 PM!
The film will be followed by a Q&A with the Emmy-winning team behind the film, director John Alexander and producer JC Guest.
Tickets are $10 for Adults and Free for Students
Tickets can be purchased at the door. Sharon Preston-Folta comes forward in the documentary after living closely in the shadows of her father, unveiling a family and their relationship that was kept entirely invisible for more than 50 years. The story is told almost exclusively from the first-person perspective of a daughter who was loved and cared for her by her father until the end of his life. The documentary is based on Preston-Folta’s memoir of the same title, detailing how Sharon, the product of a two-decade love affair between Satchmo and Harlem dancer Lucille ‘Sweets’ Preston, had no option but to harbor and conceal her identity for decades before making it public. It resonates with complex themes of race, father/daughterhood, family, identity, and single-parent households. Made possible by a partnership with the National Endowment of the Arts, the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers is a program of South Arts who has selected Little Satchmo to tour Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana this November.
Tickets can be purchased at the door. Sharon Preston-Folta comes forward in the documentary after living closely in the shadows of her father, unveiling a family and their relationship that was kept entirely invisible for more than 50 years. The story is told almost exclusively from the first-person perspective of a daughter who was loved and cared for her by her father until the end of his life. The documentary is based on Preston-Folta’s memoir of the same title, detailing how Sharon, the product of a two-decade love affair between Satchmo and Harlem dancer Lucille ‘Sweets’ Preston, had no option but to harbor and conceal her identity for decades before making it public. It resonates with complex themes of race, father/daughterhood, family, identity, and single-parent households. Made possible by a partnership with the National Endowment of the Arts, the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers is a program of South Arts who has selected Little Satchmo to tour Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana this November.
Visit Louisiana-arts.org under the events tab for film trailer.
Southern Circuit screenings are funded in part by a grant from South Arts, a regional arts organization, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information about Southern Circuit please visit www.southarts.org/southerncircuit.
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Time
(Monday) 7:00 pm - 9:09 pm
Location
Hearn Stage at Kress Theatre
1102 3rd. St.
Organizer
Arts Council of Central Louisiana
february
12feb7:00 pm9:09 pmIndependent Film: Butterfly in the SkyButterfly in the Sky
Event Details
Join The Arts Council of Central Louisiana on Monday, February 12th at 7:00 PM for a screening of Butterfly in the Sky on
Event Details
Join The Arts Council of Central Louisiana on Monday, February 12th at 7:00 PM for a screening of Butterfly in the Sky on the Hearn Stage at the Kress Theatre.
This is the 4th film in our 2023-2024 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers Series.
This is the 4th film in our 2023-2024 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers Series.
The film will be followed by a Q&A with directors Bradford Thomason & Brett Whitcomb.
Tickets are $10 for Adults and Free for Students Tickets can be purchased at the door.
BUTTERFLY IN THE SKY tells the story of the beloved PBS children’s series “Reading Rainbow,” its iconic host LeVar Burton, and the challenges its creators faced in cultivating a love of reading through television. Two seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song will have a child of the 1980s or ‘90s exclaiming “Reading Rainbow!” Such is the beloved nature of the classic children’s literary television show that introduced millions of kids to the wonder of books. Not only did the series insist on having kids speak to kids about their favorite stories,Reading Rainbow introduced the world to one of the most adored television hosts of all time, LeVar Burton. Thanks to his direct, non-patronizing and, most importantly, kind delivery, Burton became a conduit to learning for children of every background – delving behind the pages to the people, places, and things each new story explored.
Made possible by a partnership with the National Endowment of the Arts, the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers is a program of South Arts who has selected Little Satchmo to tour Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana this November.
Southern Circuit screenings are funded in part by a grant from South Arts, a regional arts organization, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information about Southern Circuit please visit www.southarts.org/southerncircuit.
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Time
(Monday) 7:00 pm - 9:09 pm
Location
Hearn Stage at Kress Theatre
1102 3rd. St.
Organizer
Arts Council of Central Louisiana