New Orleans / an Insignia Films production for American experience ; WGBH ; produced by Amanda Pollak, Stephen Ives, Jenny Carchman ; written by Michelle Ferrari ; directed by Stephen Ives.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: AMEX6909 | PBS Home VideoLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publication details: Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation ; [Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, Description: 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0793693349
  • 9780793693344
Uniform titles:
  • American experience (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 976.3/35 22
LOC classification:
  • F379.N557 N49 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Chapters: A city's survival -- People of early New Orleans -- A connection to the past -- Resistance to Reconstruction -- Rex, King of Carnival -- Plessy v. Ferguson -- Rebuilding the neighborhood -- Birth of jazz -- The 1927 flood -- "Let the good times roll" -- A home to artists -- Finding acceptance -- Louis Armstrong returns home -- Desegregation and suburbanization -- New Orleans' promise.
Production credits:
  • Edited by Deborah Peretz, Sari Gilman; music arranged and produced by Teese Gohl; featured artist, Irvin Mayfield.
Narrator: Jeffrey Wright.Summary: A profile of the city of New Orleans, focusing especially on its pre-Katrina history.
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DVD, Region 1; widescreen presentation; stereo.

Closed-captioned.

Narrator: Jeffrey Wright.

Edited by Deborah Peretz, Sari Gilman; music arranged and produced by Teese Gohl; featured artist, Irvin Mayfield.

"In association with Louisiana Public Broadcasting"--Container.

Originally aired Feb. 12, 2007 as an episode of the television program: American experience.

"Enhanced for 16x9 televisions"--Container.

Not rated.

A profile of the city of New Orleans, focusing especially on its pre-Katrina history.

Chapters: A city's survival -- People of early New Orleans -- A connection to the past -- Resistance to Reconstruction -- Rex, King of Carnival -- Plessy v. Ferguson -- Rebuilding the neighborhood -- Birth of jazz -- The 1927 flood -- "Let the good times roll" -- A home to artists -- Finding acceptance -- Louis Armstrong returns home -- Desegregation and suburbanization -- New Orleans' promise.

Special features: 2 deleted scenes (7 min.); interview with filmmaker Stephen Ives (7 min.).

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