WNYC’s Sara Fishko picks this film, about the historic black neighborhood in New Orleans. She says it’s a great story and an important one. The film is narrated by New Orleans’ Times Picayune columnist Lolis Eric Elie. From the press release: “Who knew that in the early 1800’s, while most African-Americans were toiling on plantations, free black people in Treme were publishing poetry and conducting symphonies.” Faubourg Treme was one of the most prosperous and politically active black communities in America…and it’s in danger of being lost forever.
The film’s executive producers are trumpeter and band leader Wynton Marsalis and filmmaker Stanley Nelson. Here’s the trailer.
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