Sunday, June 12 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
National Center for Democracy
Tateuchi Democracy Forum
Uncovering Color (Directed and Written by Marcelitte Failla)
Through the poetry of a mixed race woman, Uncovering Color looks at how skin color relates to racial identity. It interweaves interviews of Black women of differe nt backgrounds to explore how perceptions of color impacts childhood, beauty and family
Marcelitte Failla is a fierce fiery filmmaker, seamstress, writer and educator who creates art for change. Her most recent written work can be seen in the anthology Other Tongues: Mixed Race Women Speak Out. She is a Hunter College graduate and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Cedar & Bamboo (Directed and Written by Kamala Todd) Cedar & Bamboo 
explores the cross-cultural relations between Chinese and Aboriginal Canadians, through the stories of 4 different people who are of mixed Chinese and Aboriginal heritage.Their personal experiences reflect some of the common themes of North American history and society–the fundamental, yet often ignored, relationship between immigrants and indigenous people on this continent.
Kamala Todd is a Metis-Cree/German writer, filmmaker, community planner and homeschooling mother of 2 boys. She has a Masters degree in urban Geography (UBC). She is creator/director of the Aboriginal multimedia arts project Storyscapes, and owner of Indigenous City Productions. She is currently working with the City of Vancouver on a cross-cultural dialogues project bringing Aboriginal and immigrant communities together to build understanding.
Diana Leung was born in Winnipeg, where her Chinese parents first settled and fell in love with Canada. As a artist mentor, artist intern, storygatherer, researcher and filmmaker, her work focuses on communities and place-based stories in Vancouver’s Chinatown and Strathcona (the historical heart of Vancouver’s Chinese community). Her writing on urban matters has appeared in SubTerrain, WestCoastLine, and The Canadian Journal of Communication. She currently lives in Vancouver, Canada, and works as a cultural planner.
Anamoly (Directed and Written by Jessica Chen Drammeh) provides a thought-pr
ovoking look at multiracial identity by combining personal narratives with the larger drama of mixed race in American culture. The characters use spoken word and music to tell their stories of navigating identity, family and community in a changing world.
Jessica Chen Drammeh has been involved in the mixed race community for nearly ten years. Her award-winning documentary, Anomaly, is currently touring the film festival circuit and educational venues. Drammeh earned a B.F.A. in Film and Television Production from New York University with a minor in Africana Studies.
