Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the Patois NOLA Human Rights Film Festival has announced its lineup for this year’s event at The Broad Theater. The festival will take place from Thursday, March 21 to Sunday, March 24.

Founded in 2004 by New Orleans artists and activists, Patois Film Festival is dedicated to supporting the city’s arts and social justice communities. The festival will be celebrating brilliant art and powerful ideas through local and global work. Art and liberation are two main focuses the four day event will dive into.

Known for its in-depth communication between filmmakers and the community, the festival will highlight the participation of the filmmakers along with the diverse subjects that each film focuses on. Subjects range from immigration and detention, the state of democracy, the music industry, feminism, and LGBTQ rights. The festival opens with 2019 Sundance Film Festival award-winning documentary The Infiltrators, and closes with Betty – They Say I’m Different, a profile of explosive 1970s funk pioneer Betty Davis.

Sixteen pieces will be featured at the festival with two narrative and six documentary feature films, and seven short film premieres and screenings. Discussions featuring nationally and locally recognized guests, artists, activists, and community leaders will diverge the festival into a educational and learning environment. Films from all over the world, including Palestine, Senegal, Syria, Zambia, Greece, and the United States will be shown throughout the weekend. The line-up of New Orleans premieres include new and classic fiction films from Senegal and Zambia, experimental short films from New Orleans, and documentaries focused on social issues.

Click here to see the full lineup of films and purchase tickets.