- An exploration into effects of gentrification, COVID -19, and other issues The Culture faces in New Orleans, through the eyes of the youngest Black Masking Mardi Gras Indian Big Chief in the city.
- 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 11th grader in 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 during the COVID-19 pandemic and protest of police brutality, and how Terrence runs his tribe, makes the prettiest suit, and does it all in the matter of months for Mardi Gras morning. Big Chief, Black Hawk displays what the Mardi Gras Indian culture is, and how it was not only influenced by Native Americans, but also by the traditions and cultures of West Africa. The film also examines the complicated relationship between African Americans and Native Americans in the South and how that relationship is displayed through culture and tradition today. As the city changes due to demographic shifts caused by the effects of gentrification and the lack of opportunity, the question left to answer is "what happens to the culture if all the people are gone"? With a new approach to telling a story from an African American perspective, Big Chief Black Hawk is aimed to entertain and educate its viewers about life in the most cultural city in the world, and shows ow that culture has survived despite the outside forces that continuously are at work to drown it out.
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By what name was Big Chief, Black Hawk (2021) officially released in Canada in English?
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