7pm Doors Open for Live Music by Alex Kimball Williams 7:30pm Film (Film running time: 53min) 8:45pm Q&A with Artist Dario Robleto The Aorta of an Archivist traces three “firsts” in the history of recording: the first time live music and singing were recorded, the first time brain waves were recorded in a dream state, … [more]
6pm Film Screening: Oscar Micheaux: The Super Hero of Black Filmmaking (Film running time 80min) 7:30pm Q&A and recognition of Academy Award Winner Kevin Willmott 8:30pm Music concert by The Black Creatures Honor the legacy of early film pioneer Oscar Micheaux and celebrate the Academy-Award winning career of Lawrence’s own Kevin Willmott in one engaging … [more]
6pm Doors 7pm Show This filthy world sure has changed and so has John Waters’ spoken word show. This all-new, fast-moving, comic monologue about his career, movies, fashion, crime and the urge to startle is a booster shot for COVID-paranoid lunatic audiences everywhere. The man the French press recently called the “Queer Confucius” is eager … [more]
4:30pm Doors 5pm Film (Film running time: 55min) 6pm Q&A with Director Geoff O'Gara and Producer Jordan Dresser, Chairman of the Northern Arapaho Tribe “Kill the Indian in him, and save the man.” This was the guiding principle that removed thousands of Native American children and placed them in Indian boarding schools. Among the many … [more]
7pm Doors 7:30pm Film Screening (Film running time: 56min) 8:30pm Q&A with Leya Hale Bring Her Home follows three Indigenous women – an artist, an activist, and a politician – as they fight to vindicate and honor their missing and murdered relatives who have fallen victims to a growing epidemic across Indian country. Despite the … [more]
Taste a range of light comedy, heavy drama, experimental art and documentary film accompanied by tea pairings by Mana Bar and tasty morsels by Maceli's Banquet Hall and Catering. Short film selections: Tea Time (6min) by Tara Price My First Native American Boyfriend (5min) by Joey Clift Epiphany (8min) by Nicole Hodges Persley Last Days … [more]
12:00pm Doors 12:30pm Short Film: Liberate LFK: The Past, Present and Future of LGBTQ+ Activism at KU (15min running time) 12:45pm Feature Film: Mama Bears (Mama Bears running time: 1hr 30min) 2:15pm Community Panel Moderated by Rev. Caroline Dean of Plymouth Congregational Church. Panelists: Stephanie Morales Macedo (Producer, Liberate LFK short film), Dawna Raehpour (Free Mom Hugs … [more]
3:00pm Hair Styling Demos by Lada Salon in the lobby (Have your hair styled before the film for this red carpet Lawrence premiere. Tips welcome!) 3:30pm Doors 4:00pm Film (Total film running time 1hr 45min) 5:45pm Q&A with Jill Gevargizian + cast/crew Obsession gets a makeover in The Stylist, a deliciously twisted slice of female-led psychological … [more]
