Big Chief, Black Hawk /
Terrance Williams Jr. aka Big Chief Tee is the Big Chief of The Black Hawk Hunters, a Mardi Gras Indian Tribe that carries on the Mardi Gras Masking Indian tradition. Every year, Big Chief Tee and his tribe create elaborate and beautiful suits, preparing to parade every Mardi Gras morning. It's...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. |
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Filmhub,
[2022]
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Terrance Williams Jr. aka Big Chief Tee is the Big Chief of The Black Hawk Hunters, a Mardi Gras Indian Tribe that carries on the Mardi Gras Masking Indian tradition. Every year, Big Chief Tee and his tribe create elaborate and beautiful suits, preparing to parade every Mardi Gras morning. It's already a daunting task, but Terrance succeeds while also being a 10th grader at Isidore Newman High School, as well as an athlete and a band member. This documentary gives us a peek into Terrance's life, following him as he continues to carry the torch of tradition in the midst of a deadly pandemic and civil unrest due to the killing of Black males. In order to explore exactly how Terrance is carrying the torch, Big Chief, Black Hawk also explores the some of the history of the Mardi Gras Masking Indian culture, the relationships between Native Americans and African Americans in and around New Orleans, and the changing demographics of New Orleans. Big Chief, Black Hawk provides a cohesive look into why tradition and culture is so important to the African American community in New Orleans today. Through interviews and storytelling, we look into the past to introduce you to the future, displaying how the past has been passed onto the present. This film paints a portrait of New Orleans as it faces gentrification, the effects of Covid, and other changes. Told from the perspective of the youngest Mardi Gras Indian Big Chief, this film covers topics including race, identity, culture, population studies, and collective behavior. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released by Filmhub, 2022. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 26, 2024. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (52 min., 48 sec)) : sound, color, with black and white sequences |
| Audience: | 9 - 12, Academic/AP |
| Production Credits: | Directors of photography, Jonathan Isaac Jackson, Blaze Heru ; editing, sound, coloring, Jonathan Isaac Jackson. |