Focusing primarily on the century from Reconstruction to school desegregation in the 1960s, the film offers a portrait of New Orleans that explores its unique and distinctive culture and illuminates its central place on the American landscape. The city's rich archival resources, on-camera commentators and verité-style portraits of New Orleans residents create a dialogue between past and present that highlights New Orleans' particular brand of humor, fatalism and wry rebelliousness, while raising critical questions about what lies ahead.

Not currently scheduled.