ITVS Community Cinema [DC] presents "Las Marthas" with filmmaker Cristina I...
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ITVS COMMUNITY CINEMA [DC] PRESENTS
LAS MARTHAS
a film by Cristina Ibarra
Film & Q&A with Cristina Ibarra
ABOUT: The annual debutante ball in Laredo, Texas is unlike any other in the country. The festival lasts an entire month and coincides with George Washington's birthday. For more than a century the city's coming-out celebrations have involved intricate paeans to America's colonial past.
In 1939, the Society of Martha Washington was founded to usher each year's debutantes (called "Marthas") into proper society at the Colonial Pageant and Ball. The girls' attendants also dress as figures from America's colonial history and participate in traditional ceremonies.
The centerpiece of the festivities is the Martha Washington Pageant and Ball, when the girls are presented in elaborate dresses that take up to a year to create.
Community Partners:
Washington DC Jewish Community Center, Busboys and Poets, Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, Center for Media & Social Impact
