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©2007
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1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
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"In association with Louisiana Public Broadcasting" -- Container
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
A profile of the city of New Orleans, focusing especially on its pre-Katrina history
Originally produced as an episode of the television program American experience in 2007
Special features: 2 deleted scenes (7 min.); interview with filmmaker Stephen Ives (7 min.)
"Enhanced for 16x9 televisions" -- Container
Edited by Deborah Peretz, Sari Gilman ; music arranged and produced by Teese Gohl
Narrated by Jeffrey Wright
Not rated
DVD, region 1; stereo
In English
Closed-captioned