Collaborators Caty Borum Chattoo and Leena Jayaswal share a long history of social-issue storytelling in documentaries and other multimedia.
Their latest film, MIXED, explores what it means to be a multi-racial family in America, fifty-three years after the historic, landmark Supreme Court Decision, Loving v. Virginia ended persecution of interracial marriage in America.
Two mothers – one brown, one white – set off on a journey together to explore what it means to be a bi-racial child living in a mixed-race family in so-called “post-racial America,” the perspectives of their own families and others, and America’s deep cultural ambivalence about its rapidly- changing mixed-race reality.
In the wake of worldwide protests after the death of George Floyd and the sweeping #BlackLivesMatter movement, MIXED offers a new lens into race and the lives of the first generation of mixed-race kids and families to be counted in the U.S. Census.
In partnership with Women in Film and Television Ohio (WIFTOH), the GCFC will host a Live Director’s Commentary and Documentary Film Workshop at the BOP STOP at the Music Settlement on Friday, October 8th at 8:00 am, and include a screening of the film, paused periodically to hear behind-the-scenes stories and filmmaking insights from directors Caty and Leena, as well as an audience Q&A, and lecture about documentary filmmaking.
BOP STOP COVID POLICY: As of 9/7/21 all guests, staff, and performers must show proof of vaccination or produce a negative test result within 48 hours of entering to be admitted into the venue.
Workshop registration is $50. Complimentary breakfast is included with paid registration.
The MIXED Live Director’s Commentary and Documentary Film Workshop is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.