Film Independent at LACMA and the Loyola Marymount School of Film and Television

Film Independent at LACMA and the Loyola Marymount School of Film and Television will be showing 21 documentaries. It is organized by Film Independent at LACMA's Elvis Mitchell and will also include Q&A with some filmmakers. It starts off at LACMA's Bing Theater with Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's "Bye Bye Africa" and the U.S. premiere of "Grigris." The festival will also include vintage films as 1973's "Touki Bouki" and 1990's "Tilai." The screenings will be on Tuesday and Thursday through October at the Bing.

What really caught my eye was that these films are independent. They aren't that well known. Many new filmmakers will also get noticed and might even get more famous. Also that the filmmakers will have Q&A. This gives the chance for future filmmakers to see what they did and how they did it. 

An impact for students or filmmakers, is that they can ask them questions. They, the students or filmmakers, learn from what they did and what they think they could have done differently. They can see how they fixed some situations or what their difficult task was. As a consumer, anyone can go just for fun and learn facts. 

Are they just going to be premiering West African cinema? Why only West African cinema? How much will it be to go and watch these documentaries?

 http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-film-independent-loyola-marymount-west-african-cinema-20130919,0,11459.story