All on a Mardi Gras Day

Directed by Michal Pietrzyk · Starring Spyboy Rashaud 'Shaudy' Brown, Spyboy Walter 'Trigga' Blakk, Big Chief Demond Melancon, Alicia Winding · 2019

In a gentrifying New Orleans, Demond sacrifices to become Big Chief in the 200-year Mardi Gras Indian tradition, sewing all year for one day's battle of beauty.

A vivid look inside a secretive, centuries-old Black New Orleans tradition of breathtaking handmade suits.

In a gentrifying New Orleans, Demond sacrifices to be Big Chief in a secret 200-year culture known as Mardi Gras Indians; African-American men who spend all year sewing feathered suits they’ll wear only once, in a battle

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