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Mississippi River 9th Ward Film Festival...The October 17 event will announce the first annual Mississippi River 9th Ward Film Festival to take place October 1-3 and October 8-10, 2010.
The Board of the New Orleans Afrikan Film and Arts Festival

Eileen Julien, Co-President
Joseph Gaï Ramaka, Co-President & Festival Director
Chris Corcoran, Strategic Communications
Jeff Klein, Musical Direction
Arianna Gilbert, Youth Outreach

Colette Francis, Cultural Coordinator
Lynn Crean, Development
Rebecca Potter, Marketing
Danille Taylor, Secretary-Treasurer
Howard Swyers, Fiscal Manager


Film Selection

Brenda Marie Osbey
Mollie Day
Chris Dunn
Ladee Hubbard
Eric Paul Julien
Niyi Osundare
Felipe Smith
Natasha Vaubel


Consultant
James B. Borders

Honorary Committee of the New Orleans Afrikan Film and Arts Festival

Ms. Leah Chase, Owner and Chef, Dooky Chase Restaurant, New Orleans
Mr. George Dalley, Lawyer, Chief of Staff and Advisor to Congressman Charles Rangel
Dr. Manthia Diawara, Writer, Filmmaker, Professor, New York University
Mr. Boubacar Boris Diop, Writer, Journalist
Mr. Leopold Diouf, Senior Product Manager, Alcatel-Lucent
Dr. Norman Francis, President, Xavier University of New Orleans
Mr. Danny Glover, Actor, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Historian, Professor Emerita, Rutgers University
Dr. Jessica B. Harris, Culinary Writer and Professor of English, Queen's College, New York City
Mr. Ellis Marsalis, Musician, Educator
Dr. Samba Mboup, Professor, University of South Africa
Dr. Jean Montes, Director, Orchestral Studies, Loyola University, New Orleans, and Artistic Director, Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra
Dr. Charles Rowell, Professor, Texas A & M and Editor, Callaloo
Ms. Jeannine B. Scott, Senior VP, Africare, former Program Officer and US Board Member of the African Development Bank
Dr. J. Michael Turner, Professor of History, Hunter College, New York City, former Ford Foundation Program Officer


Webmaster

Sydnie Horton

New Orleans Afrikan Film and Arts Festival

Address:
2670 George Nick Connor Drive,
New Orleans,
Louisiana 70119


Telephone:
(504) 942-8542

Email:

noafest@
neworleansafrikanfilmfest.org