Focus on Family & Culture
Feb 8 2009
Written by fanshen
More Mixed Roots
If you are a planner and fully into the Mixed Experience, you may want to plan to be in Los Angeles this June 12 & 13 (2009) for the second annual Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival. It’s never too early to get organized!
Following up 2008’s successful inaugural event, the festival’s co-founders, Fanshen Cox and Heidi Durrow of Mixed Chicks Chat look forward to building on the momentum and positive buzz experienced by hundreds of first-time attendees to make this year’s event even more exciting.
The 2008 Festival was highlighted with presentations, performances, panels and readings by prominent and prolific mixed writers, filmmakers, artists, musicians, comedians and others who celebrate and embrace the on-going exploration of being of racially or culturally mixed heritage, adopting across racial or cultural lines, blending faiths or simply celebrate diversity.
Each of the jam-packed days was filled with activities for people of all ages, a truly family-oriented event, punctuated by the largest west-coast celebration of Loving Day. Over 300 people attended each day of the 2008 Festival.
From presentations by the acclaimed best selling author Rebecca Walker, to readings by actress Kim Wayans and husband Kevin Knotts from their Amy Hodgepodge children’s books, to performances by Maya Lilly, Joe Hernandez Kolski and Joshua RKB Silverstein, Warren Hutcherson, and many others, attendees were treated to a great fun-filled two-day event.
This year’s Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival, which will again be held at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles, promises to deliver even more great opportunities for book and film lovers, artists, and families to connect through storytelling.
“We’re expecting to double the number of filmmakers, writers and performers involved with this year’s Festival,” says Fanshen Cox, the Festival’s co-founder.
“There will be something for everyone,” adds Heidi Durrow, the Festival’s other founder. “It doesn’t matter who you are. You’ll find something on the schedule that’ll interest you whether it’s workshops or films or readings.”
Workshops will be offered Friday and Saturday mornings from 10:30am -12:45pm that invite you to meet your muse. These craft workshops on writing, filmmaking and performing are taught by innovative and emerging artists in their fields. Past workshops have included: “How to Write & Produce a One-Person Show”; “New Media 101: Blogging, Podcasting and Web 2.0”; and “Writing the Multicultural Memoir.”
In the afternoons from 2pm to 5pm, the Festival will screen a series of short films and feature readings of upcoming writers and poets whose work focuses on the Mixed Experience.
“The Festival was an amazing event. It was so wonderful to see other Hapas, and mixed families like mine on the screen and all around me, and hear their stories in the readings,” said June Snow, mother of two mixed boys and one of last year’s Festival attendees.
Again the 2009 Festival’s first day will end with a Loving Day party, a celebration of the Supreme Court decision which affirmed the right of people of different races to marry, Friday at 6:30pm, with DJs spinning tunes that span the generations.
Family fun for all ages will kick off Saturday morning at 10:30am with a storytelling hour and multiracial playgroup.
The Festival ends on Saturday with the presentation of the annual Loving Prize for storytellers and community leaders dedicated to illuminating the Mixed experience. The presentation will start at 7pm, immediately followed by live performances by a dynamic mix of comedians, actors, spoken word artists and musicians.
The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival is currently seeking submissions for: workshops and storytelling that address the Mixed experience; poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction or memoirs; short or feature length films; and live performance pieces of under 10 minutes.
So, if you’d like to share your voice with others who share and appreciate your life-experience, you can learn more about the Festival by visiting www.mxroots.org.
Photo Credits: Devin Wash
If you are a planner and fully into the Mixed Experience, you may want to plan to be in Los Angeles this June 12 & 13 (2009) for the second annual Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival. It’s never too early to get organized!
Following up 2008’s successful inaugural event, the festival’s co-founders, Fanshen Cox and Heidi Durrow of Mixed Chicks Chat look forward to building on the momentum and positive buzz experienced by hundreds of first-time attendees to make this year’s event even more exciting.
The 2008 Festival was highlighted with presentations, performances, panels and readings by prominent and prolific mixed writers, filmmakers, artists, musicians, comedians and others who celebrate and embrace the on-going exploration of being of racially or culturally mixed heritage, adopting across racial or cultural lines, blending faiths or simply celebrate diversity.
Each of the jam-packed days was filled with activities for people of all ages, a truly family-oriented event, punctuated by the largest west-coast celebration of Loving Day. Over 300 people attended each day of the 2008 Festival.
From presentations by the acclaimed best selling author Rebecca Walker, to readings by actress Kim Wayans and husband Kevin Knotts from their Amy Hodgepodge children’s books, to performances by Maya Lilly, Joe Hernandez Kolski and Joshua RKB Silverstein, Warren Hutcherson, and many others, attendees were treated to a great fun-filled two-day event.
This year’s Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival, which will again be held at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles, promises to deliver even more great opportunities for book and film lovers, artists, and families to connect through storytelling.
“We’re expecting to double the number of filmmakers, writers and performers involved with this year’s Festival,” says Fanshen Cox, the Festival’s co-founder.
“There will be something for everyone,” adds Heidi Durrow, the Festival’s other founder. “It doesn’t matter who you are. You’ll find something on the schedule that’ll interest you whether it’s workshops or films or readings.”
Workshops will be offered Friday and Saturday mornings from 10:30am -12:45pm that invite you to meet your muse. These craft workshops on writing, filmmaking and performing are taught by innovative and emerging artists in their fields. Past workshops have included: “How to Write & Produce a One-Person Show”; “New Media 101: Blogging, Podcasting and Web 2.0”; and “Writing the Multicultural Memoir.”
In the afternoons from 2pm to 5pm, the Festival will screen a series of short films and feature readings of upcoming writers and poets whose work focuses on the Mixed Experience.
“The Festival was an amazing event. It was so wonderful to see other Hapas, and mixed families like mine on the screen and all around me, and hear their stories in the readings,” said June Snow, mother of two mixed boys and one of last year’s Festival attendees.
Again the 2009 Festival’s first day will end with a Loving Day party, a celebration of the Supreme Court decision which affirmed the right of people of different races to marry, Friday at 6:30pm, with DJs spinning tunes that span the generations.
Family fun for all ages will kick off Saturday morning at 10:30am with a storytelling hour and multiracial playgroup.
The Festival ends on Saturday with the presentation of the annual Loving Prize for storytellers and community leaders dedicated to illuminating the Mixed experience. The presentation will start at 7pm, immediately followed by live performances by a dynamic mix of comedians, actors, spoken word artists and musicians.
The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival is currently seeking submissions for: workshops and storytelling that address the Mixed experience; poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction or memoirs; short or feature length films; and live performance pieces of under 10 minutes.
So, if you’d like to share your voice with others who share and appreciate your life-experience, you can learn more about the Festival by visiting www.mxroots.org.
Photo Credits: Devin Wash
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3 Comments
Feb 13 2009
Written by MEMO, San Antonio, TX
LA in June...sounds like a great time.
Feb 18 2009
Written by cardonm, San Francisco, CA
Have you thought of doing something similar in the Bay Area? Or is there something you are aware of?
Jun 12 2009
Written by dina
It would be so interesting to visit all the museums of the world!!! I’ve recently read a book about Liverpool Museum – simply fantastic( http://www.ebook-search-queen.com/ebook/Worl/World+Museum+Liverpool+Planetarium.all.html )! I hope to be there some day…