Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans

★ 0.0IMDb Score
Released:2008-04-01
Duration:68 min
Director:Dawn Logsdon
Actors:Wynton Marsalis, Lolis Eric Elie, Glen David Andrews
Production:Serendipity Films

Overview:

The true story of the neighborhood that inspired David Simon's fictional HBO television series "Tremé", from slave revolts and underground free black antebellum resistance through post-Katrina rebuilding, set to a fabulous soundtrack of New Orleans music through the ages.

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