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Rebroadcast of interview with Joanna Haigood & Charles Trapolin Friday, April 15-17, 2011 at Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Visit http://www.zaccho.org/projects.html. We close with interviews with directors and producers of films: Africa Rise (32 min.), director, Michael Lange, producer, Dapo Agoro, which screened at the 9th Annual Oakland International Film Festival (4/12/2011) at Art Deco Auditorium. We close with a conversation with Valerie Goodloe and producer, L. Goodloe, who will speak about the film, Girl Gang: A Mother's Journey to Save Her Daughter (86 min.). Goodloe's film screens Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 6-8:15 PM block.  Visit www.oiff.org

Directed by LA-based photographer Valerie Goodloe ‘Gang Girl‘ takes a look at a mother’s attempt to save her daughter from street life every way she knows how. Valerie’s camera penetrates the parties, the meetings, the drug induced states and reaches the heart of the hood lifestyle. This was crucial for her to do in order to understand her daughter Nafeesa’s mindset, which is complicated, compounded with an LGBT identity, also at issue. ?In the film we see Valerie trying various modalities to let her daughter experience life outside of her gang clique. She loves Nafeesa but so do the gang members.  How can a mother’s tough love win over unconditional love that excuses all behavior and makes no apologies? Delena Turman daughter of famed actor Glynn Turman serves as one of the Co-Producers for the film which has been chosen as an Official Selection by the New Filmmakers Los Angeles: Gang Girl on Facebook and Twitter