New Orleans: along Claiborne Avenue in the Tremé, the community reclaims its history and territory through its mural work and the through the masking traditions of the Black Indians.
Cinematography
and editing: Moira Tierney
Audio recording:
Stephen Richardson and Moira Tierney
Sound mix: Paul Womack
Editorial Consultants:
Big Chief Kevin Goodman, Flaming Arrows Tribe
Mama Jennifer Turner, Community Book Center,
Bayou Road
Big Chief Kevin Goodman
Rahsaana Ison
John Lacarbiere III
Atibon Nazaire
Big Chief Honey Bannister
Treme Poem:
John Lacarbiere III
Let's Go Get'em
My Gang Don't Bow Down
Big Chief Kevin Goodman & The Flaming Arrows
The Trial
The Cross
Mario Abney (trumpet)
Josh Atkin (alto & tenor), Chris Slone (bass),
Rashon Murph (piano) and Julian Addison (drums)
Hold'em Joe
Big Chief Kevin Goodman
Indian Red
Big Chief Demond Melancon
& the Young Seminole Tribe:
Big Queen Alicia
Big Chief Demond
Spyboy Trigger
Spyboy Shaudy
Gang Flag Frank
Tribal Rep Travis
Okai Music
Claiborne Avenue Murals:
Commissioned by the New Orleans African History Museum. Artists: Robert Aquarius, Dwayne D Conrad, Lanis Domino, Cheryl Mckay Dixon, Ivan Watkins, Damion Hunter, Prince
Unified Soul Brothers Mural & Truck:
Artist: Percy Taplet
Nuthin But Fire Mural:
Artist: Jessica Strahan
Mardi
Gras footage:
shot with permission from Big Chief Kevin Goodman
Featuring:
Flaming Arrows:
Big Chief Kevin Goodman
Big Queen Angel
Lil Queen Kavon Goodman
Gang Flag Clarence Sasha
Gang Flag Clarence's Sister Ingrid
Seventh Ward Hard Head Hunters:
Big Chief Otto
Big Queen Yvonne
Gang Flag 'Big Easy' Eddie
Spyboy Alphonse
Spyboy Jay Mckay
Harold
Ninth Ward Comanche Hunters:
Big Chief Keke
Spyboy Charlie
Wildman Ro
Young Seminoles:
Big Chief Demond Melancon
7th Ward Warriors:
Gang Flag Merlin Dejean
Big Chief Smiley Ricks
Mardi Gras Mambo James
Many Thanks To:
Rene Broussard, Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, New Orleans;
John Mhiripiri & Anthology Film Archives, New York; Barbara and Stephen
at Filmbase, Dublin; Dublin City Council (St. Patrick's Lodge); Frankie
Boué, Courtney Egan, Paula Gilligan, Ana Hernandez & Rontherin
Ratliff, Jonique Hewitt, Maria Hinds, Jill McDermid & Eric Hokansen,
Horton Humble, Ariel Jackson, Patrice Lerochereuil, Delia Nakayama, Jewel
Robinson, Matthew Shilling, Mary Taylor, Tara Thierry, Eoin Tierney, Maya
Weimer, Amy Wright, Maria Venuto at the Standby Program
Super 8mm film developed at Cinelab, Massachusetts
16mm film developed at Colorlab, Maryland
Telecine: Cinelab, Massachusetts
Production Funding: Arts Council of Ireland
Post Production Funding:
New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation
