Pearl Street Micro-Project: Mustard Seed Film Festival Opening Night
1100 Block of Pearl Street
Friday, August 18, 4pm – 11pmMustard Seed Film Festival screens new independent and socially engaged films featuring South Asian filmmakers and actors.
Mustard Seed’s opening night will screen two short films in the late afternoon and feature a live conversation with a director, a live performance by a South Asian American artist, food trucks offering South Asian food, and a feature length film to kick off the festival.
This year, Mustard Seed will also include a South Asian bazaar offering books, clothes and wares from small South Asian businesses across Philadelphia. Mustard Seed will use Asian Arts Initiative’s Art Cart to offer youth the opportunity to create collages using South Asian art and hand-crafted paper for display throughout the rest of the festival.