FAUBOURG TREMÉ

Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans is riveting tale of hope, heartbreak and resiliency set in New Orleans’ most fascinating neighborhood.  Shot largely before Hurricane Katrina and edited afterwards, the film is both celebratory and elegiac in tone.  Faubourg Tremé is arguably the oldest black neighborhood in America, the birthplace of the Civil Rights movement in the South and the home of jazz. While the Tremé district was damaged when the levees broke, this is not another Katrina documentary. Every frame is a tribute to what African American communities have contributed even under the most hostile of conditions.. It is a film of such effortless intimacy, subtle glances and authentic details that only two native New Orleanians could have made it.

• Directed by Dawn Logsdon
• Co-Directed & Written by Lolis Eric Elie
• Produced by Lucie Faulknor, Dawn Logsdon, & Lolis Eric Elie
• Edited by Dawn Logsdon, Sam Green & Aljernon Tunsil
• Directors of Photography: Diego Velasco, Keith Smith & Bobby Shepard
• Executive Producers: Stanley Nelson & Wynton Marsalis
• Original Score by Derrick Hodge

We have just completed the film and are beginning our OUTREACH PHASE. Contributions are greatly appreciated.

"Flat out brilliant...this is a great piece of storytelling, filmmaking and testifying...
It is also, arguably, the most poignant film ever made about New Orleans..."
-The New Orleans Tribune