Guardians of the flame.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Wolff, Daniel, director.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harrison family.

African American families--Louisiana--New Orleans.

African American families.

Mardi Gras Indians--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Mardi Gras Indians.

Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects.

Hurricane Katrina, 2005.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (01:06:10)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Good Docs, 2023.

Language Note:

Closed-captions in English.

Summary:

Guardians of The Flame is the product of some 17 years, begun on a visit to post-Katrina New Orleans in 2006 by Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme and writer Daniel Wolff. Their visits continued, four times a year, for the next six years. After Demme's death in 2017, Wolff, Demme's son Brooklyn, and a film crew returned to New Orleans in 2019 to bring the project up to date. The desire to finish this project and the persistence to do so comes from the Harrison family's inspirational work in what Cherice Harrison-Nelson calls "self-emancipation." Long before Katrina and in the years since, the Harrisons have forged cultural weapons to resist racism and oppression both locally and on a national scale. As this film documents, their tools include music, beading, masking, literacy, and community building. Whether handing out books to preschoolers, being nominated for Grammys, making films, or sewing elaborate ceremonial clothing, the Harrisons have kept their eyes on the prize. Guardians of The Flame offers a decade-and-a-half overview of one family's trials and eventual triumph.

Participant:

Director, Daniel Wolff.

Notes:

Description based on XML content.

ISBN:

1-03-624857-7

9781036248574

OCLC:

1399540282

Publisher Number:

301881