New Orleans Film Festival Party & Closing Night Screening for Music Pictures: New Orleans will be on Tuesday, November 8th at 8:15 PM CST at the New Orleans Jazz Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70113-1222.
Closing night celebrations at the Jazz Market following the screening will include special performances from the Tremé Brass Band, Little Freddie King, and Marley Marsalis, granddaughter of the late Ellis Marsalis! attendance to this is included with ticket purchase. The New Orleans Jazz Museum is sponsoring the Treme Brass Band performance for the festival.
This film gives us four legacy portraits of New Orleans music figures Irma Thomas, Little Freddie King, Ellis Marsalis, and the Tremé Brass Band. Now in their 80s, these local masters continue their practice, for the love of the music, in the city that made them who they are.
This screening will include director Ben Chace and Irma Thomas in attendance.
The closing night film, Music Pictures: New Orleans is supported by The Historic New Orleans Collection, New Orleans Jazz Museum, Recording Academy, The Dan Lucas Memorial Fund, Positive Vibrations Foundation, ABS Production, and Fisher Foundation.
Tickets are $35.00 each.
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Join the 33rd New Orleans Film Festival featuring screenings, parties, conversations, and more this Nov 3-8 in venues across New Orleans, including Second Line Stages, The Prytania Uptown, The Broad and The Broadside, and the New Orleans Jazz Market. This year’s festival boasts a slate of 138 films, with 50% from the American South. You can also stream films from home Nov 3-13!
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New Orleans Film Society
The New Orleans Film Society is a 501(c)3 whose mission is to discover, cultivate, and amplify diverse voices of filmmakers who tell the stories of our time. We produce the Oscar®-qualifying New Orleans Film Festival annually and invest year-round in building a vibrant film culture in the South to share transformative cinematic experiences with audiences, and connect dynamic filmmakers to career-advancing resources.