Crenshaw Dairy Mart Inaugural Film Festival Featured in Hyperallergic

Arts writer Matt Stromberg of Hyperallergic writes about the Crenshaw Dairy Mart’s inaugural film festival that features documentaries, music videos, works in progress, and more.

The South LA art and activism nonprofit Crenshaw Dairy Mart (CDM) founded by USC Roski alumni Patrisse Cullors, alexandre ali reza dorriz and noé olivas an artist collective and art gallery dedicated to shifting the trauma-induced conditions of poverty and economic injustice, bridging cultural work and advocacy, and investigating ancestries through the lens of Inglewood and its community.

The film festival at the Miracle Theater in Inglewood, showcasing a diverse range of short films by 19 LA-based filmmakers of color. The selections include documentaries, narrative films, music videos, and works in progress, some shot on iPhones and others and others made with professional equipment, but all resonating with the CDM’s guiding principles of “Ancestry, Abolition, and Healing.”

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