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Spike Lee examined the disaster with two big HBO documentaries, the 2006 “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts,” ...
The five-part documentary premiering Sunday on National Geographic is at once highly compelling and difficult to watch, ...
What happens when an Afro-surrealist artist applies artificial intelligence tools to Mardi Gras Indians?
The new documentary 'A King Like Me' reveals that members of the Black group Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club decided to wear face makeup that resembled blackface in its early years because Black ...
New Orleans' 109-year-old Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club takes centerstage in the new documentary 'A King Like Me', which explores the challenges the first-ever Black Mardi Gras krewe faced ...
For much of the record, the Black Masking Mardi Gras Indians’ sound and the slick Memphis production are kept separate, but at times they intermingle with success.
Watch the highlights of this year’s Mardi Gras magic below! Mardi Gras highlights Queen Zulu toast King Rex toast North Side Skull and Bones Gang Mardi Gras Indians: The Golden Comanches ...
Black Masking Indians had a reputation of violence between tribes during this time. Bo Dollis Jr. says his father was a pivotal figure in changing that reputation, and he did it through music. “So ...
You get to see the Mardi Gras Indians and the whole cultural thing behind that. You get to, you know, experience all of these different, you know, food vendors.
Lil Wayne will close out the main stage for the first time in his career Saturday — a feat that’s eluded most other rappers who’ve performed at the festival.
Flagboy Giz tracks the entire history "We Outside," a song that began as a Mardi Gras hit and turned into a New Orleans anthem.
Big Chief Bo Dollis, Jr. is an award-winning cultural performer, musician, and educator whose work preserves and promotes the rich cultural heritage of Mardi Gras Indians, a distinctly New Orleans ...