PATOIS: Noun.
Pronunciation: pa′twä
Founded in 2004 by New Orleans artists and activists, PATOIS: The New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival is dedicated to nurturing the city’s human rights community, supporting the work of local organizers and organizations involved in these struggles, and providing a forum for artistic expression of local and international issues.
“We have injected ourselves into the civil rights struggle, and we intend to expand it from the level of civil rights to the level of human rights.
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