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SUMMARY:“My Louisiana Love” Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Date: January 11\, 2024\nTime: 6:00 pm  to  8:00 pm \n\n\nJo
 in us for a film screening of My Louisiana Love on Thursday\, Jan. 11t
 h\, 6-8pm at All My Relations Arts.\n\nMy Louisiana Love traces a young 
 woman’s quest to find a place in her Native American community as it r
 eels from decades of environmental degradation. Monique Verdin returns t
 o Southeast Louisiana to reunite with her Houma Nation family. But soon 
 she sees that her people’s traditional way of life is threatened by a 
 cycle of man-made environmental crises. Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil
  leak are just the latest rounds in this century-old cycle that is forci
 ng Monique’s clan to adapt in new ways. Monique must overcome the loss
  of her home\, her father\, and her partner – and redefine the meaning
  of home.\n\nMy Louisiana Love is a  film by Sharon Linezo Hong\, Mark 
 Krasnoff and &amp\; Monique Verdin\, directed by Sharon Linezo Hong. Run
  time: 1h 6m\, followed by a live virtual discussion with Monique Verdin
 . This screening is part of arts programming for our current exhibit\, A
 abijijiwan / Ukeyat yanalleh.\n\n&nbsp\;\nMonique Verdin. Photo courtesy
  of the artist’s website.\nMonique Verdin is an transdisciplinary arti
 st and storyteller who documents the complex relationship between enviro
 nment\, culture\, and climate in southeast Louisiana. She is a citizen o
 f the Houma Nation\, director of The Land Memory Bank &amp\; Seed Exchan
 ge and is supporting the Okla Hina Ikhish Holo (People of the Sacred Med
 icine Trail)\, a network of Indigenous gardeners\, as the Women’s Eart
 h and Climate Action Network’s Gulf South food and medicine sovereignt
 y program manager. Monique is co-producer of the documentary My Louisian
 a Love and her work has been included in a variety of environmentally in
 spired projects\, including Cry You One the multiplatform performance\, 
 Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas\, and the collaborative book Retu
 rn to Yakni Chitto: Houma Migrations.
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