Little White Lie [Philadelphia Premiere] |
Little White Lie [Philadelphia Premiere]
Blackstar Film Festival
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2014-31-07 through 2014-08-03
International House Philadelphia
3701 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Telephone: 215-387-5125
2014-08-02, 15:10 EDT (Local Time)
Lacey Schwartz, Producer/Director
Mehret Mandefro, Producer
Followed by Q&A with Lacey Schwartz and Mehret Mandefro moderated by:
Yaba Blay, Assistant Teaching Professor of Africana Studies
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Co-presented by Leeway Foundation
Little White Lie tells Lacey Schwartz’s story of growing up in a typical middle-class Jewish household in Woodstock, NY, with loving parents and a strong sense of her Jewish identity—that is, until she discovers that her biological father is actually a black man with whom her mother had an affair. This personal documentary raises the questions of what defines our identity, our family of origin and the family that raises us. While exploring her parents’ stories, and her own, Schwartz discovers a legacy of family secrets, denial, and, ultimately, redemption.
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Tags: Blackstar Film Festival, Lacey Schwartz, Mehret Mandefro, Yaba A. Blay, Yaba Amgborale Blay, Yaba Blay