The Love Renegade #308: I Love You Keith Bardwell (Phase I&II) is a transmedia experimental documentary. The films gaze is placed upon former Justice of the Peace, Keith Bardwell. In 2009 he broke the law by not marrying an interracial couple in Louisiana, because he believes that children of interracial marriage have difficult lives.
The film gives the topic of LOVE (not race) back to interracial couples asking them the reasons they chose to marry their partner, as well as, asking biracial people/children to speak on their own behalf on how they feel about Keith placing his “fears” on the backs of biracial children. The entire film focuses this discussion through the lens of compassion, love and forgiveness, in the hopes that minds and hearts open wider and that people take greater responsibility for how they treat others. The project is supported by supported by Harvestworks and the New York State Council On the Arts.
