>> SOMEONE GAVE.

SOMEONE DONATED.

SOMEONE LEFT A LEGACY.

GENERATIONS OF SOMEONE'S HELPED SHAPE RHODE ISLAND.

HOW DO YOU THINK THEM?

BY LEAVING YOUR OWN LEGACY.

PETER: WELCOME TO ANOTHER ADDITION OF IN ANOTHER OPINION.

WHERE WE DISCUSS AND FOCUS ON DIVERSITY IN COMMUNITIES IN RHODE ISLAND'S.

I AM YOUR HOST PETER.

MY GUEST TODAY IS AND CLAYTON.

-- ANN CLAYTON.

ANN: EVERYONE HAS JUST BEEN KIND OF KEEPING TO THEMSELVES.

VERY BUSY WITH THE FILM FESTIVAL.

PETER: THAT IS A GOOD THING.

I HAVE BEEN IN RHODE ISLAND FOR 20 YEARS NOW AND I HAVE HEARD OF THE BLACK FILM FESTIVAL.

I HAVE NEVER ATTENDED.

TELL US ABOUT IT.

WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR A LACK FILM FESTIVAL -- BLACK FILM FESTIVAL VERSUS A FILM FESTIVAL.

ANN: WE WILL BE COMING UP ON OUR FIFTH YEAR OF THE FESTIVAL IN APRIL.

I FIND THAT FILMS ARE A GOOD WAY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE.

THEY LIKE TO GET THE INFORMATION WITHOUT KNOWING THEY ARE GETTING INFORMATION.

THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT.

IT STARTED AS A WAY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE PARTICIPATION AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT TO RHODE ISLAND.

I FIGURED THROUGH FILM PEOPLE WOULD LEARN BETTER.

THAT IS WHY I ESTABLISHED A COMBUSTIBLE -- FILM FESTIVAL.

PETER: MOST THE FILMS ARE FOCUSED ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE?

ANN: TO AN EXTENT.

WE ARE SOCIAL JUSTICE IN CINEMA, TAKE A SEAT.

WE WANTED TO DISCUSS ISSUES CONCERNED PEOPLE OF COLOR, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, POLITICS AND ISSUES CONCERNING OUR EVERYDAY LIFE OF -- AS PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE STATE AND THE REGION.

IN THE FILM FESTIVAL WE SCREEN FILMS I HAVE A DO THESE ISSUES.

PRIOR TO COVID, WE DID A VIRTUAL FILM FESTIVAL WHERE WE DISCUSSED POLITICS.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE WAS A FOUNDER -- THEY WERE THE SPONSORS AND WE SCREENED FILMS THAT HAD TO DO WITH WOMEN IN POLITICS AND THE HISTORY OF THEM.

WE HAD A GREAT INTRODUCTION FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE ABOUT POLITICS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING.

WE USUALLY PICK AN ISSUE THAT IS OF CONCERN AND PRETTY PREVALENT TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND BASICALLY ANYONE IN GENERAL.

PETER: THAT IS INTERESTING.

WE TALK ABOUT WOMEN IN POLITICS.

THAT WAS LAST YEAR?

ANN: IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DURING COVID, 2020.

PETER: WHAT ABOUT THIS YEAR?

ANN: THIS YEAR OUR FOCUS IS ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

IT IS A MOST CHRISTMAS HERE AND IS ALMOST 80 DEGREES.

NOT QUITE, IT HAS BEEN A LIMIT WARMER.

IT COULD BE CONTRIBUTED TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

A ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH ENVIRONMENT IS ACCESS TO WATER.

PEOPLE OF COLOR AND BIPOD PEOPLE -- BIPOC PEOPLE USUALLY DO NOT HAVE GOOD ACCESS AND HAS BEEN LESS THAN STELLAR.

OUR THEME IS ON ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN A TIME OF SOCIAL CHANGE.

PETER: THAT IS A GOOD AREA TO DISCUSS AND TALK ABOUT.

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CLEAN WATER AND CLEAN ACCESS TO WATER.

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT RHODE ISLAND.

ANN: I AM TALKING ABOUT IN GENERAL.

NO DISPARITIES TO THE STATE AND ITS WATER.

LIKE DETROIT AND PEOPLE HAVING TO BOIL WATER, IN OR -- RHODE ISLAND YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE BOIL THE WATER BECAUSE THERE IS ALGAE IN THE WATER.

IT IS A CONCERN.

IN MARYLAND, ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER IS A PROBLEM.

AIR QUALITY, PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN HOMES OR HOUSING SITUATIONS OR THE AIR QUALITY IS NOT THE BEST.

IT ATTRIBUTE TO A LOT OF US HAVING ASTHMA AND OTHER HEALTH LADED ISSUES IN TERMS OF OUR BREATHING.

PETER: THAT HAS LONG BEEN AN ISSUE.

PARTIALLY HAS TO DO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, THE FACT THAT MOST POOR COMMUNITIES ARE DEVELOPED IN AREAS CONTRACTORS AND DEVELOPERS DID NOT WANT TO USE.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, SOIL WAS CONTAMINATED BY FACTORIES SO ON AND SO FORTH.

THAT IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE HAVE HERE IN PROVIDENCE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

I USED TO BE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE YMCA AND WE WANT TO BUILD A NEW Y IN PROVIDENCE IN THE AREA WHERE THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL WAS BUILT.

ALVAREZ HIGH SCHOOL, THAT WHOLE AREA WAS COVERED IN LEAD AND SILVER BECAUSE OF THE JEWELRY INDUSTRY.

THESE THINGS ARE REALLY PREVALENT IN TERMS OF SOIL.

I TOTALLY AGREE.

WATER CAN BE AN ISSUE.

AIR QUALITY IS EVEN ANOTHER PROBLEM AND THAT IS NOT FOCUSED NECESSARILY ON THE POOR COMMUNITY, IT IS IN GENERAL.

ANN: YOU TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF RHODE ISLAND AND THIS BEING THE JEWELRY CAPITAL WITH HIGH CASES OF CANCER AMONG PEOPLE OF COLOR.

WE KNOW PEOPLE WHO WORKED IN THE JEWELRY INDUSTRY, AND WE WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE DURING THE FILM FESTIVAL IN TERMS OF THE FILMS WE SCREEN.

WE ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY DOING A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH SOME EXPERTS TO DISCUSS ISSUES.

EDUCATING THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT.

THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT SEPARATES US FROM OTHER FILM FESTIVALS IN THE AREA.

PETER: I'M GOING TO STAY WITH THE ENVIRONMENT THEME FOR A MINUTE.

THE SAVE THE BAY FOLKS HAVE ONE OF THE BIGGEST VOICES OR LOUDEST VOICES HERE IN RHINELAND -- RHODE ISLAND POLITICALLY SPEAKING.

WHAT KIND OF VOICE WILL THAT FILM FESTIVAL GENERATE?

ANN: I WOULD LOVE TO POSSIBLY INCLUDE SAVE THE BAY IN OUR DISCUSSION AND I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO ATTRACT A LARGE AUDIENCE IN TERMS OF ISSUES WE DISCUSSE.

PROBABLY I CHOSE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A PREVALENT ISSUE AND IT WILL ATTRACT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SAVE THE BAY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.

I THINK THIS WILL PULL US TO A LARGER AUDIENCE WHICH IS THE PURPOSE OF CHOOSING OUR THEME.

PETER: WHERE IS THAT FESTIVAL HELD?

ANN: TRADITIONALLY WE TRY TO PICK LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE DO NOT NECESSARILY GO.

THE FIRST YEAR WE HAD A SCREENING IN A RECEPTION AT THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN MUSEUM.

A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT GO TO THE MUSEUM.

WE HAVE HAD AT THE TRINITY THEATER.

WE TRY TO PICK LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY GO BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN THE REGION AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO EDUCATE THEM AND INFORM THEM ABOUT THE SPACES ARE AVAILABLE HERE TO VISIT AND SUPPORT.

PETER: YOU HAVE PROBABLY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU HAVE ADDRESSED IT.

WHAT ABOUT BRINGING THE FESTIVAL CLOSER TO THE COMMUNITY YOU ARE TRYING TO REACH?

MAY BE THE FESTIVAL IN CHURCHES VERSUS BIG AUDITORIUMS OR IN LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTERS.

ANN: I HAVE HAD PEOPLE SAY, WHY NOT BRING IT RIGHT TO THE PEOPLE ON BROAD STREET?

FILM FESTIVALS HAVE AN AUDIENCE IN GENERAL.

I ALSO HAS TO MEET THE AUDIENCE THAT EXISTS.

PETER: SURE.

ANN: IF I BILLING -- BRING THE FILM FESTIVAL TO SMALL CHURCH BASEMENT, IN MY OPINION I DO NOT THINK I WOULD BE OF THE KEY THE AUDIENCE THAT WE HAVE.

I TRY TO BRING IT TO SOMEPLACE THAT IS NEUTRAL, DOWNTOWN.

WE ARE PLAYING TO EXPAND OUR FILM FESTIVAL TO NEWPORT, BRINGING IT TO NEWPORT THIS YEAR.

WE BRING IT TO SCHOOLS.

PETER: SCHOOLS ARE GOOD.

ANN: THE TECHNICAL ACADEMY, WE PARTNER WITH THOSE SCHOOLS THE WET -- THAT HAVE FILM PROGRAMS.

ONE OF THE POINTS OF THE FESTIVAL IS TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS IN COLOR -- OF COLOR TO PURSUE A CAREER IN FILM.

PETER: WHAT ABOUT THE MET?

THEY HAVE A THEATER PROGRAM.

ANN: I WILL LOOK INTO THAT.

PETER: THEY HAVE AN AUDITORIUM ON CAMPUS IN PUBLIC STREET.

ANN: ONE OF THE REASON WE CHOSE PCTA IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITHIN THE PROVIDENCE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

PETER: CHECK OUT THE MET.

I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD LOCATION.

THEY HAVE A WHOLE BUILDING DEVOTED TO THEATER AND THE ARTS.

THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD SPOT.

I HAVE ATTENDED FUNCTIONS THERE AND IT IS PRETTY WELL UTILIZED BY THE COMMUNITY.

ANN: OK.

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS.

THE POC FOUNDATION.

THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION.

BANK OF AMERICA AND OTHER SPONSORS OF THE YEARS.

WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER IT FOR FREE.

WE DO IT SO ADMISSION IS NOT HINDRANCE.

PETER: WHAT IS POC?

ANN: THE PO OPPORTUNITY CENTER -- POPITO OPPORTUNITY CENTER.

THEY HAVE GRACIOUSLY GIVEN US MONEY SO WE CAN OFFER THE COMMUNITY THE FILM FESTIVAL.

THE FILMS ARE FREE.

WE OFFER THE FILM FESTIVAL FREE TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE HOPING THAT BECAUSE IT IS FREE PEOPLE WILL SUPPORT IT.

ESPECIALLY THOSE IN BIPOC COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE OF COLOR SO IT IS NOT A HINDRANCE.

PETER: WHAT IS THE MARKETING SCHEME FOR THE FESTIVAL?

ANN: I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN MARKETING MUNICATION'S.

-- COMMUNICATIONS.

OUR MARKETING IS TO COME ON PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.

WE WILL BE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCING THE BEGINNING OF THE PLANNING OF THE 2022 FILM FESTIVAL IN NOVEMBER.

WE DO PRESS RELEASES.

WE ALSO DO APPEARANCES, WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE IN RHODE ISLAND MONTHLY LAST SPRING.

VISIBILITY OF OUR FILMMAKERS IN THE FILM FESTIVAL.

SUCH AS RICHARD LOUIS FROM MSNBC , WE HAVE HAD VARIETY.

WE ARE HOPING TO REACH OUT TO VIOLA DAVIS TO HAVE HER INVOLVEMENT IN SOME CAPACITY.

FOR PRESS WE HOPE TO GET OUR BOARD AND VOLUNTEERS TO GO OUT AND PRESS THE FLESH AND BASICALLY APPEAR ON SHOWS, TRADITIONAL PRINT, BROADCASTING MEDIA.

PETER: DOES THE STATE OFFICE ON THE ARTS SUPPORT THE ACTIVITY?

ANN: THEY ABSOLUTELY DO.

STEVEN HAS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE IN TERMS OF BIG SPONSORS OF THE FESTIVAL.

RHODE ISLAND COUNCIL OF HUMANITIES, THEY LIKE WHAT WE DO.

I THINK THEY LIKE THE FACT THAT WE ARE DIVERSE AND WE ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER FILM FESTIVALS.

OUR TAGLINE IS "SOCIAL JUSTICE IN CINEMA, TAKE A SEAT."

PETER: WHAT ABOUT THE THEATER UP AT BROWN?

ANN: I THINK BECAUSE OF COVID, I WE HAD TO SWITCH OUR GAME PLAN AND GO VIRTUAL.

ONE OF OUR KEY SPONSORS IN TERMS OF USING SPACE IS WHERE WE ARE HOUSED THE CIC BUILDING ON DYER STREET.

PETER: BRAND-NEW BUILDING.

ANN: WE HAVE OFFICE SPACE THERE.

WE ARE IN LINE WITH COVERT CONCERNS AND EVERYTHING.

I WOULD LOVE TO GET BROWN INVOLVED.

BECAUSE OF COVID, WE HAD REACHED OUT TO RIGHTS AND REASONS, OF COURSE OUR GOOD FRIEND KAREN WHO IS THERE BECAUSE OF THE GOOD -- CHANGING COVID WE ARE LOOKING TO INVOLVE THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

PETER: THE PEOPLE THAT WORK ON THE SET, MOVIES ARE BEING FILMED RIGHT NOW, HOCUS-POCUS.

THEY ARE USING THE SOUND STATION OR STAGE AT THE CRANSTON ARMORY.

I SEE ALL THE TRUCKS AND BUSES.

I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY ARE RHODE ISLAND COMPANIES, QUITE FRANKLY I DO NOT KNOW.

I DID NOT LOOK AT THE LICENSE PLATE.

I PROBABLY SHOULD'VE.

MY QUESTION FOR THE FILM FESTIVAL, ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WORK ON THE BLACK FILM FESTIVAL PEOPLE OF COLOR, LOCAL, ARE WE BRINGING PEOPLE FROM OUT-OF-STATE?

ANN: IT WAS SO FUNNY MENTIONED THAT.

THIS SUMMER I WAS SITTING AND MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS WHEN MY PHONE RANG AND I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE PRESIDENT OF SNBJ AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR TO BE INVOLVED IN THE FILM HOCUS-POCUS.

THAT THEY WOULD CALL ME.

OVER THE SUMMER I WAS IN CONSTANT CONVERSATIONS WITH DISNEY STUDIOS IN CALIFORNIA AND THEY ASKED ME TO IDENTIFY SOME POTENTIAL PEOPLE TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES.

MAKEUP, CATERING, WHATEVER IS NEEDED.

I ACTUALLY SENT SOME -- A BUNCH OF RESUMES OVER THE PEOPLE.

I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY GOT PICKED UP, BUT EFFORT WAS MADE BY DISNEY STUDIOS THEY WERE ALSO LOOKING FOR INTERNS.

I SENT SOME IN TURN NAMES OVER THERE -- IN TURN NAMES OVER THERE.

I WAS PLEASED THAT THEY WORKED -- WOULD REACH OUT TO ME.

DISNEY STUDIOS.

PETER: HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE SOME RESULTS, RESIDUALS AND PEOPLE THAT WILL BE IN THE INDUSTRY AND DO THEIR OWN FILMS HERE IN RHODE ISLAND.

ANN: THERE IS A FILM INDUSTRY HERE, WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE YEARS SUBMISSIONS FROM PEOPLE HAVE FILMS AND SHORT FILMS.

IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO THOSE FILMS.

A LOT OF STUFF FROM THE BOSTON AREA.

WE TRY TO INCLUDE AND MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE FILMS THAT ARE MADE IN THE REGION.

WE ALSO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOLS TO SUBMIT SOMETHING AS A GROUP OR CLASS AND EVERYTHING.

WE TRY TO DO THAT LAST YEAR WITH THE PAWTUCKET HIGH SCHOOL.

WE WILL BE DOING THAT AGAIN, ASKING THEM FOR SUBMISSIONS FROM THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PROGRAMS.

PETER: I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU -- GIVE THE INFORMATION TO MY DAUGHTER.

SHE IS A MOVIE PRODUCER.

SHE WAS RECENTLY FILMING A DOCUMENTARIAN ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STATION FIRE.

THEY ARE STILL EDITING.

I DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT WILL COME OUT.

I THINK AUGUST IS WHEN THEY HAD THE FIRE.

I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO SHOOT FOR THAT NEXT YEAR.

I WILL MENTION IT TO HER.

SHE MIGHT HAVE SOME NAMES FOR YOU FOR CONTACTS.

SHE HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS A LITTLE BIT.

ANN: THANK YOU.

WE TRY TO DO PROGRAMMING DURING THE YEAR.

WE DID PROGRAMMING FOR JUNETEENTH AND YOU ARE THE HOST FOR THAT, THE MODERATOR.

THAT WENT VERY WELL.

PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT AN ASKING IF WE ARE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.

I CAN HONESTLY SAY WE ARE DOING ANOTHER JUNETEENTH EVENT AND WE WILL TRY TO DO IT SO IT WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH OTHER JUNETEENTH ACTIVITIES.

IT WORKED OUT WONDERFULLY.

I HAVE ALSO BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH THE FILMMAKERS OF THE DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THE ARCHITECT WHO DESIGNED MANY OF THE BUILDINGS IN HOLLYWOOD INCLUDING THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL.

SPEAKING OF BRINGING THEM HERE FOR AN EVENT, BABY THE DR. KING WEEKEND OR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

WE TRY TO MEET THE NEEDS -- THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES TO TELL AND SO MUCH TO DO OTHER THAN THOSE FOUR DAYS OF OUR FILM FESTIVAL.

PETER: THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES THAT CAN BE TOLD.

WHEN YOU MENTIONED ARCHITECT, I CANNOT RECALL HIS NAME RIGHT NOW, HE WAS A FORMER SLAVE AND HE DESIGNED WASHINGTON, D.C. AS WELL AS INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA.

IT IS A DUPLICATE OF WASHINGTON, D.C. ANN: OK. PETER: IT IS TO KEEP THE BRITISH FROM FINDING THE WHITE HOUSE.

THAT IS WHY MOST OF THIS -- THE STREETS IN D.C. DO NOT GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISCOURAGE AND CONFUSE THE ENEMY.

ANN: I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

I JUST KNEW IT WAS A SIGNATURE PIECE OF D.C. THAT IT WAS CIRCULAR.

PETER: THAT WAS THE REASON.

ANN: OK. IS THERE A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THAT?

PETER: I DID NOT SEE ONE.

IT IS NOT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE TONS SCHOOL.

-- TAUGHT IN SCHOOL.

IT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING PROJECT FROM A SCIENTIFIC STANDPOINT AS WELL AS AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.

SPEAKING OF FILMS, CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE FILMS THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN AT THE FESTIVAL IN THE PAST?

I AM PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT WITH NAMES.

ANN: WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT ONE OF THE FILMS WAS SELECTED AND CHOSEN AS FILM OF THE YEAR WAS JUST NOMINATED FOR HBO MAX AWARD, "BALOON MAN" A FILMMAKER OUT OF CONNECTICUT WAS NOMINATED FOR THE AWARD.

WE HAVE ALSO HAD -- YOU ARE PUTTING ME ON THE SPOT.

PETER: ONE OF THE DRAWS OF A FILM FESTIVAL ASIDE FROM THE ACTUAL FILM, PEOPLE WOULD NOT KNOW THE NEW FILM, IS THE DIRECTORS AND WRITERS.

THESE WOULD BE THE NAMES THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSOCIATE WITH ACTIVITIES.

ANN: PROBABLY THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE IS THE MSNBC PROFILE -- REPORTER.

HE SUMMIT AT HIS FILM TO THE FESTIVAL.

WE HAVE ALSO HAD SUBMISSIONS FROM CAAN FILM FESTIVAL.

HE WAS NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR AND THAT FILM IS IT IN OUR FESTIVAL AS WELL.

WE GET A DIVERSE GROUP OF SUBMISSIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AS WELL AS PEOPLE -- ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT WAS VIRTUAL PEOPLE CAME ONTO THE SCENE AS FAR AS CHICAGO AND PARIS.

PETER: LAST YEAR IT WAS VIRTUAL.

THIS YEAR IT WILL BE?

ANN: WE WANT TO BE IN PERSON.

LIKE EVERYONE, WE ARE WATCHING HOW TRENDS ARE GOING IN TERMS OF COVID.

PETER: THERE WILL BE PROTOCOLS.

ANN: WE WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROTOCOL.

WE HOPE THAT IN APRIL WE WILL BE IN PERSON AND CONTINUE AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS OUR FIFTH YEAR.

PETER: IN THE EVENT THAT IT IS NOT PERSON-TO-PERSON, PEOPLE ALL BE ABLE TO LOGIN ANYWHERE OR IS THERE A FEE?

ANN: WE HOPE PEOPLE WILL DONATE.

BECAUSE OF THE KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY OF OUR SPONSORS, POC, WE ARE ABE TO OFFER IT FOR FREE.

WE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING IN PEOPLE, FILMMAKERS AND THINGS IT COSTS MONEY.

WE ARE OBVIOUSLY LOOKING FOR DONATIONS, AND WE HOPE PEOPLE WILL DONATE.

WE HAVE HATS AND T-SHIRTS AND THINGS.

THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT US BY BUYING THOSE ITEMS.

IT WILL BE FREE.

THEY WILL HAVE TO LOGIN, BASICALLY REGISTER BECAUSE YOU WANT TO CAPTURE THE NAMES, AND THEY WILL BE SENT A LINK AND EVERYTHING.

PETER: ARE THERE ANY FILMS IN OTHER LANGUAGES AT THE FILM FESTIVAL LIKE SPANISH OR AN AFRICAN TONGUE?

ANN: WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS INCLUDED.

THAT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, THANK YOU.

WE HAVE HAD FILMS FROM PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, BUT THEY ARE IN ENGLISH.

PETER: THE CULTURES ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

THIS YEAR'S THEME IS GOING TO BE AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, AND OBVIOUSLY THE GLOBE HAS A PROBLEM WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

ANN: THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON HERE.

PETER: COUNTRIES IN AFRICA, COUNTRIES IN SOUTH AMERICA, COUNTRIES IN CARIBBEAN THERE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES TO ADDRESS.

ANN: WE WILL BE REACHING OUT AND ASKING FOR SUBMISSIONS NOT JUST FROM PEOPLE IN THE RHODE ISLAND REGION, BUT NATIONALLY AND HOPEFULLY GLOBALLY AS WELL.

WE HAVE HAD FILMS PREVIOUSLY FROM PARIS AND OTHER PLACES.

PETER: ONE MORE THING, JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF RATINGS.

ARE THE FILMS RATED R OR FAMILY?

ANN: I AM VERY MINDFUL THAT WE WANT OUR FESTIVAL TO BE FRIENDLY.

WHEN WE GET SUBMISSIONS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE BOARD DOES NOT FEEL APPROPRIATE IS -- FOR ALL AUDIENCES CHANCES ARE WE WILL NOT SCREEN THE FILM.

IF SOMETHING IS NOT FAMILY WE WILL ALSO LET PEOPLE KNOW PRIOR.

PETER: YOU MENTION THE BOARD, WHAT IS THE BOARD?

ANN: THE FILM FESTIVAL HAS A BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

IT IS COMPRISED OF PEOPLE OF -- THAT ARE IN THE INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY PEOPLE WHO BASICALLY WORK WITH ME.

THEY REVIEW THE FILMS, AND HELP WITH THE GOVERNING.

THE -- WRONG -- RON CROSSAN AND ANTHONY IS ON THE BOARD.

THEY REPRESENT DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS COMING ON.

MONIQUE GRAHAM, WHO IS FROM NEWPORT AND IN THE INDUSTRY.

SHE IS A MAKEUP AND HAIR INDUSTRY PERSON.

SHE DID ODDITY THIS SUMMER AND SHE WORKS ON A TV SHOW.

WE HAVE A VARIETY OF THE ALSO HAVE SOME FILMMAKERS IN THEIR.

--THERE.

PETER: WE HAVE RUN AT A TIME.

WE WILL HAVE TO GET YOU BACK DURING THE FESTIVAL OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

WE DO HAVE TO SHUT DOWN, UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE TIME.

I WANT TO THANK OUR GUEST AND YOU THE VIEWERS FOR TUNING IN FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF "IN ANOTHER OPPINION."

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