Festival Films

Speakers

Robert Greenwald

Robert Greenwald is president of Brave New Films, a nonprofit film company that he founded after a career in television and film to motivate and educate viewers on the most pressing issues of the day. At Brave New Film, Greenwald has directed and produced gripping documentaries and exposés.

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Faylita Hicks

Faylita is a Black poet, essayist, and interdisciplinary artist. The former Editor-in-Chief of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, author of HoodWitch (Acre Books, 2019), a finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry.

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Bruce Reilly, J.D.

Bruce is the Deputy Director of Voice of the Experienced (VOTE) in New Orleans and a graduate of Tulane Law School. He served as a self-taught jailhouse lawyer while incarcerated for 12 years, before organizing with Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE).

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