Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

Largely shot before the Katrina tragedy but edited afterward, giving the film both a celebratory and elegiac tone. It is a film of such effortless intimacy, subtle glances and authentic details that only two native New Orleanians could have made it. Our guide through the neighborhood is New Orleans Time-Picayune reporter Lolis Eric Elie, and his contractor, Irving Trevigne, whose family has been in the construction business there for over 200 years. Irving Trevigne represents a man who, unlike many Americans, is deeply rooted in his community and its traditions. (67 min.)