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One year after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon, Berlin-based photographer Constanze Flamme, with her project Troubled Water, sought out evidence of the aftermath of the oil spill in the coastal region of Louisiana- investigating perspective within the international media, the long term impacts on regional life, governmental and organizational commitments and overall uncertainty.
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A short clip from the upcoming documentary film Almost Ready: The History of New Orleans Punk Rock by Al Champagne and Pablo Romero-Estevez, with Punk Alumni answering the age old New Orleans question “What is a Heybra?”
via. Defend New Orleans.
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Acadiana folklorist/filmmaker and Breaux Bridge native, Conni Castille’s new documentary, T-Galop: A Louisiana Horse Story, traces the history of equine culture in Louisiana from colonial times through the modern era, emphasizing the culture’s deep roots within the Cajun and Creole communities.
The film documents such aspects of equine culture as bush tracks, zydeco cowboys and the Mardi Gras courir.
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Pawel Wojtasik is a Polish filmmaker and video artist currently based in New York. His films emulate that of observational documentaries and ‘seeing the world’.
His work opens as part of Prospect.2 New Orleans at Isaac Delgado Gallery, Bldg 1, 3rd Fl. this Saturday.
above: excerpts from Below Sea Level. 360° Panoramic Video, 38 min (loop). 2011.
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Linotype: The Film is a feature-length documentary film centered around the Linotype typecasting machine invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler in 1886. Called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by Thomas Edison, the Linotype revolutionized printing and society.
dir.: Doug Wilson | dir. of Photography: Brandon Goodwin
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BURY THE HATCHET is a portrait of three Mardi Gras Indian Big Chiefs of New Orleans, descendants of runaway slaves taken in by the Native Americans of the Louisiana bayous. It is the story of the unique and endangered culture of New Orleans they represent—as bearers of tradition, artists, musicians, and warriors who have laid down their weapons, but not their determination to survive as a people.
