Gimme A Faith, Hao Zhang’s MFA 2018 thesis film, makes its festival debut in the Documentary Features competition of the New Orleans International Film Festival.

The film explores questions of faith and identity through Zhang’s journey with a small group of Chinese international graduate students as they encounter Christianity in the Bible Belt.

Gimme a Faith will screen on Saturday, October 20 11:30 AM at The Advocate and on Monday, October 22, 4:00 PM at  The Ranch Theater at CAC.  A Q & A session with Zhang will follow each screening.  Zhang will also join a panel to re-envision cultural identity in documentary filmmaking.

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