arts, books and music

Hollywood South: Kristine Froeba interview with Laura Cayouette

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Uptown’s “Django Unchained” and “Queen Sugar” actor Laura Cayouette on New Orleans, Pussyfooting and Hollywood South
(revised 7/23/2019)

That cheerful, tall, lanky strawberry blonde – and avid Saints fan – you see at the Superdome and walking down Magazine Street looks familiar because she is. Actress Laura Cayouette traded Hollywood for Hollywood South nine years ago and hasn’t looked back, much. “After my first Carnival season as a resident, I called my mother and told her I wanted to sue her for child abuse,” said Cayouette. “I said I wanted to file charges for them not raising me here.”

That year was the year of the Black and Gold Super Bowl. “It was the greatest Carnival in the history of the city,” said Cayouette.

film and television

Filming in Central City will slow Uptown traffic

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Yandr Productions, LLC, is producing a short-form series titled “#Freerayshawn” that will be filmed in Central City from Monday, May 20, to Friday, May 24. The scenes scheduled for Central City resemble a hostage situation managed by police forces. In order to maintain continuity control, the production crew will have permitted traffic control each day on the following blocks:

These areas will be affected from Monday to Friday:

1600 and 1700 South Rampart Street – Full closure
1900 and 2000 Euterpe Street – Full closure
1600 and 1700 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard – Traffic holds of 1-3 minutes

The city encourages Central City residents and businesses to prepare for traffic detours. Please note the production will have Orleans Parish sheriff’s deputies on-site to maintain vehicular and pedestrian traffic safety. Residents and business owners who have any concerns (scheduled deliveries, construction, accessibility needs, etc.) are encouraged to contact Ashley Bunge of the Locations Department at 504-224-2225.

Festivals

Uptown Weekend: French Film Festival, ‘Vagina Monologues’

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During the last weekend before parades take over Uptown streets, there’s still plenty to do without leaving the neighborhood. To name a few: You can take in a French movie at the Prytania or a play at the Ashe Cultural Arts Center. French Film Festival

The 22nd New Orleans French Film Festival, one of the longest running foreign language festivals in the country, showcases contemporary and classic francophone Cinema for audiences of about 4,000 at the Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., the oldest single-screen movie house operating in Louisiana. Live music and lectures will accompany a curated selection of French, French language films and a program of short films.

Je ne parle pas Française, you say? Don’t worry; all films are screened with English subtitles.

film and television

Trolley Stop featured in season premiere of ‘Gordon Ramsey’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back’

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The Trolley Stop Cafe on St. Charles Avenue will be featured in the Jan. 2 season premiere of the Fox reality TV show “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back,” the Gambit reports. Crews were filming in the 24-hour spot in the Lower Garden District last fall. The results, likely to contain kitchen drama littered with verbal abuse, will be shown Wednesday at 7 p.m. on Fox 8.

events

Prytania Theatre to host 22nd annual New Orleans French Film Festival

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The New Orleans Film Society (NOFS) announced that the 22nd annual New Orleans French Film Festival will be held from February 15 to 21, 2019, at the historical Prytania Theatre. Last year, the festival reached a record audience of about 4000 attendees, and NOFS expects the festival to grow even more next year. The 22nd French Film Festival will showcase excellence in contemporary and classic French-language cinema from France, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland and other French-speaking countries and regions. Live music and lectures will accompany a curated selection of French and French language feature films and a program of short films. Prior to the opening night film, there will be a champagne toast for a dedicated audience of Francophiles, cinephiles, sponsors, and patrons at a private residence near Prytania Theatre. The 22nd French Film Festival passes are on Holiday Sale with a discounted price now until January 2.

film and television

Kristine Froeba: ‘Southern Charm New Orleans’ filming Season 2

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With the potholes, power outages and never-ending boil water advisories, one would think New Orleans has suffered enough. But no, the Bravo network seems fit to punish us further — with Season 2 of “Southern Charm New Orleans.” While no formal announcement has been forthcoming, the worst has been confirmed by the New Orleans Office of Cultural Economy: Film New Orleans permitting department. “Southern Charm New Orleans” Season 2 has been filming around the city. The filming permit states the filming dates as Oct.

film and television

NCIS TV-show filming will include simulated gunfire near Lafayette Cemetery

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Filming for the TV series “NCIS: New Orleans” will include the sound of simulated gunfire on Tuesday afternoon near Lafayette Cemetery in the Garden District, New Orleans officials said. The filming will take place between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 30) in the 2800 block of Coliseum Street, according to the mayor’s office. “Filming will be conducted under the supervision of New Orleans Police Department,” the announcement states. “All filming is being done with the knowledge and cooperation of Film New Orleans, the City of New Orleans’ film office.”

Congress

As non-unanimous jury amendment vote nears, the fate of 12-member juries loom

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Twelve men, one room, and a murder charge. “It has to be twelve to nothing, either way. That’s the law.” Sidney Lumet’s “12 Angry Men” is one of the most respected films centered around the criminal justice system. But the overall plot, where members of a 12-man jury must agree on a verdict that could send a teenager to the electric chair, could never occur in the state of Louisiana under state law.

arts, books and music

Film festival selection features Central City youth football team and combating violence-based trauma

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The A.L. Davis Park Panthers, its players, and their mental health are the points of focus for the 2018 New Orleans Film Festival (NOFF) selection, The Children of Central City. The 18-minute documentary—shot and directed by Emma Scott, based on the reporting of Jonathan Bullington and Richard A. Webster—shows the impact of the youth football program based in Central City New Orleans, and the violent environment its children must go through. Purpose
The premise of the film is as follows:
For the boys on the Davis Park team, it’s not a matter of if they’ve been exposed to violence– it’s how often. In their young lives, they’ve already attended funerals for slain family and friends, and stepped off school buses to the sight of flashing blue lights and yellow crime scene tape. They can tell the difference between fireworks and gunfire, and they know what to do when they hear the latter.

events

Louisiana-shot ‘The God Inside My Ear’ to open Horror Film Fest this weekend

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By Nicholas Reimann for UptownMessenger.com

It may still be over a month to Halloween, but the NOLA Horror Film Fest is set to bring in some scares a little earlier as it opens for its eighth annual event Thursday at the Prytania Theatre. Thursday night will feature the festival’s opening film — Louisiana-produced “The God Inside My Ear,” one of 60 films selected for the festival out of 590 overall submissions. Produced, written and directed by Joe Badon, the film focuses on the character of Elizia, who “discovers a world of conspiracies, strange voices, and horrifying visions,” the festival’s film description reads, after experiencing a “peculiar and sudden” breakup with her boyfriend. The film stars Linnea Gregg as Elizia and holds a 7.6 out of 10 rating from 18 votes on the Internet Movie Database. The film is also described as a comedic style of horror on its IMDb profile, which states the film premiered in August of 2017.