ALL SKINFOLK AIN’T KINFOLK

WORLD PREMIERE After a contentious race last fall, the runoff for mayor of New Orleans came down to two candidates: Desiree Charbonnet and LaToya Cantrell, two very different black women. The winner of this election would take office as the first female mayor of New Orleans and the city’s fourth black mayor. Through news footage, campaign advertisements and archival audio and video, All Skinfolk Ain’t Kinfolk is the unprecedented story of this mayoral runoff told through the eyes of black women living in this city. The film offers a window into the questions communities of color will have to think about nationally as candidates become more diverse (during the upcoming midterms and beyond). It also opens a pressing dialogue about how voters and the media engage with black women candidates.