4 PM: Youth Activism // 5:30 PM: Last Call live performance // 7:00 PM: #BLACKLIVESMATTER program

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PATOIS' closing night is not to be missed!

4PM: Youth Activism // 5:30PM: Last Call live performance // 7PM: #BLACKLIVESMATTER program

The return of PATOIS this year has been so exciting for all of us and we couldn't have done it without your support. Please join us for our very last day of this year's festival for three special events:

PATOIS PRESENTS: NEW ORLEANS YOUTH FIGHT FOR CHANGE

EMPATHY RANGERS
A group of teenagers decides to get involved and become the Empathy Rangers and fight against the evil ways of Dr. Apathy. A 2-Cent TV production.

RISK SERIES
Youth-created web series that follows a New Orleans youth, Kevin, through his last summer before college. Produced by the Institute for Women and Ethnic Studies.

4 PM: ZEITGEIST

PATOIS PRESENTS: LAST CALL

We present the LAST CALL Podcast, made possible through the stories of people who were active in the New Orleans lesbian community in the 1970s and 80s. LAST CALL Prologue: “Coming Out Stories”, a 20 minute episode, will be accompanied by a multimedia dance performance and followed by a talkback with the creators and contributors.

5:30 PM: ZEITGEIST

PATOIS PRESENTS: #BLACKLIVESMATTER

Special closing night event at PATOIS featuring:

FERGUSON: RACE AND JUSTICE IN THE US:
The US theatrical premiere of a thrilling, powerful, intimate look inside the movement born in Ferguson. Directed by Sweta Vohra.

BREAKING IN
A story of Stop and Frisk. Directed by Adepero Oduye, star of Pariah and 12 Years A Slave.

ALSO: A conversation about the fight against police violence with the filmmakers and local activists, including organizer against police violence Malcolm Suber, and Al Jazeera filmmaker Sweta Vohra.

7PM: LUPIN HALL AT NOCCA