september, 2023
Event Details
Join The Arts Council of Central Louisiana on Monday, September 11th at 7:00 PM for a screening of One Pint as a Time.
Event Details
Join The Arts Council of Central Louisiana on Monday, September 11th at 7:00 PM for a screening of One Pint as a Time.
This film kicks off our 2023-2024 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers Series.
Tickets are $10 for adults and free for students.
About the film:
Craft beer generates tens of billions of dollars annually for the US economy. Despite beer’s Egyptian and African heritage, these traditions have been mostly forgotten and are rarely found in American brewing culture. Today, Black owned breweries make up less than 1% of the nearly 9,000 breweries in operation. Eager to shift the historical perception of who makes and drinks beer, Black brewers, brand owners and influencers across the country are reshaping the craft beer industry and the future of America’s favorite adult beverage.
One Pint at a Time premiered in October of 2021 and has since received:
• 100+ official selections to film festivals (plus special screenings at breweries, conferences, and universities)
• A combination of 50+ awards, special honors (opening/closing film), nominations and special mentions
• Exposure in 9 countries across North, Central and South America, Europe, and Africa.
This film kicks off our 2023-2024 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers Series.
Tickets are $10 for adults and free for students.
About the film:
Craft beer generates tens of billions of dollars annually for the US economy. Despite beer’s Egyptian and African heritage, these traditions have been mostly forgotten and are rarely found in American brewing culture. Today, Black owned breweries make up less than 1% of the nearly 9,000 breweries in operation. Eager to shift the historical perception of who makes and drinks beer, Black brewers, brand owners and influencers across the country are reshaping the craft beer industry and the future of America’s favorite adult beverage.
One Pint at a Time premiered in October of 2021 and has since received:
• 100+ official selections to film festivals (plus special screenings at breweries, conferences, and universities)
• A combination of 50+ awards, special honors (opening/closing film), nominations and special mentions
• Exposure in 9 countries across North, Central and South America, Europe, and Africa.
Note from Director Aaron Hosé:
Craft beer has changed my life. Ever since I fell in love with it in 2014 in Asheville, North Carolina, it became a personal quest to discover as many breweries as possible. The more breweries I visited, however, the more I noticed that my wife and I were the only—or among the very few—people of color inside taprooms. After conducting some preliminary research into the craft beer industry, I realized it was heavily white male dominated, from brewery owners, to management, down to the brewing and bar staff.
My desire to better understand the lack of diversity in the craft beer industry is the catalyst for One Pint at a Time. I wanted to shine the spotlight exclusively on stories of people working in craft beer that look like me. Over the course of four years, my team and I observed how many of these brewers fought—and struggled—to create a new narrative for Blacks within the industry. This is a multi- billion-dollar American business. Yet, Black-owned breweries are earning less than 1% of the money and continue to face hurdles rooted in discriminatory traditions.
These are alarming facts. Ultimately, I hope ‘One Pint’ will contribute to the ongoing conversations about the need to diversify craft beer. May this film act as a mirror and inspire breweries to take those actions necessary to make this industry one that is more diverse, inclusive, equitable and just.
Craft beer has changed my life. Ever since I fell in love with it in 2014 in Asheville, North Carolina, it became a personal quest to discover as many breweries as possible. The more breweries I visited, however, the more I noticed that my wife and I were the only—or among the very few—people of color inside taprooms. After conducting some preliminary research into the craft beer industry, I realized it was heavily white male dominated, from brewery owners, to management, down to the brewing and bar staff.
My desire to better understand the lack of diversity in the craft beer industry is the catalyst for One Pint at a Time. I wanted to shine the spotlight exclusively on stories of people working in craft beer that look like me. Over the course of four years, my team and I observed how many of these brewers fought—and struggled—to create a new narrative for Blacks within the industry. This is a multi- billion-dollar American business. Yet, Black-owned breweries are earning less than 1% of the money and continue to face hurdles rooted in discriminatory traditions.
These are alarming facts. Ultimately, I hope ‘One Pint’ will contribute to the ongoing conversations about the need to diversify craft beer. May this film act as a mirror and inspire breweries to take those actions necessary to make this industry one that is more diverse, inclusive, equitable and just.
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
Kress Theatre
1102 3rd. St.
Organizer
Arts Council of Central Louisiana