In New Orleans, we know that times of transition are best met with community and celebration. Our society’s impending transition from the fossil fuel era is no different. Timed to precede the Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented by Shell, Fossil Free Festival (FFF) will unite community for a week of art, food, music, film screenings, and conversation, carving out a dedicated and open space for us to dig deep into the ethics and complexities of funding art and education with fossil fuel money and to imagine a Fossil Free Culture. A Studio in the Woods is a proud partner of Fossil Free Fest.

** Free and Open to the Public (including meals)! **
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Films April 2-5 | Fest April 6-8

Films | April 2-5
Evening film screenings @ 6:00pm
The Broad Theater
636 N. Broad Street

April 2: My Louisiana Love, a film by Monique Michelle Verdin (offsite; location TBC)
April 3: Maquilapolis: City of Factories, a film by Vicki Funari and Sergio De La Torre
April 4: When Two Worlds Collide, a film by Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel
April 5: StoryShift Shorts Salon: featuring short films Cry You One, The Condor & The Eagle, Defend Puerto Rico, Water Warriors, along with storytellers Monique Verdin, Nick Slie, Michael “Quess” Moore, Bryan Parras, Yudith Nieto, Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, Michael Premo, Tara Rodriguez Besosa, Clement Guerra, Cherri Foytlin and Jayeesha Dutta.

Fest | April 6: “Equity”
Joan Mitchell Center
2275 Bayou Road
5pm-8:30pm

Keynote by Monique Harden of Deep South Center for Environmental Justice. Performances by Sunni Patterson and Sultana Isham. Screening of a special preview of Mossville. Panel discussion on “Equity After 300 Years of Extraction” moderated by Gia Hamilton, featuring Michael Dardar, Shana Griffin, Angela Kinlaw, Yudith Nieto, and Rebecca Snedeker.

The opening evening of FFF will connect the legacy and present of our nation’s extractive economy and culture (from plantations to petroleum and beyond); the crisis of climate change and its impact on communities in Louisiana; and the role and responsibility of individuals and institutions to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable.

Fest | April 7: “Complicity”
Joan Mitchell Center
2275 Bayou Road
9am-7pm

Keynote by Beka Economopoulos of Not An Alternative. Environmental Justice Tour by Hidden History and Louisiana Bucket Brigade (departure from and return to Joan Mitchell Center) and afternoon keynotes and facilitated group discussions. Performances by Sacramento Knoxx and Quintron and Miss Pussycat. “Complicity” session facilitated by Jackie Sumell. Bring Your Own Stories + FFF Present: “Action!”. Energy Fair presented by Alliance for Affordable Energy, EnergyWise and the Green Project. Lunch by Brown Girl Kitchen. Coffee and pastries by Shake Sugary.

Fest | April 8: “Vision to Action”
Grow Dat Youth Farm
150 Zachary Taylor Drive
9am-6:30pm

Keynote by Jessi Parfait. Performances including Rory Danger & the Danger Dangers, Spirit & Sparrow, Loup Garou, Raymond Moose Jackson, and “One Question” unity scroll by Rachel Schragis. “Vision” session facilitated by Sage Crump of Complex Movements. “Action” workshop with Another Gulf Is Possible. Buffet lunch and dinner by Carmo. Coffee and pastries by Shake Sugary.

FFF’s official after party is at Ace Hotel New Orleans!
Featuring: DJ AFRO/ANARCHY!
600 Carondelet Street
7pm-11pm