The true story of the neighborhood that inspired David Simon's fictional HBO television series "Tremé", from slave revolts and underground free black antebellum resistance through post-Katrina rebuilding, set to a fabulous soundtrack of New Orleans music through the ages.
Direction
Logsdon weaves centuries without losing the street.
Sound
Soundtrack does the heavy lifting—and it's ripped.
Editing
Brutal cuts between ballrooms and bulldozers.
Director
Dawn Logsdon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Tremé neighborhood was home to Congo Square, the only place in North America where enslaved people could legally gather, drum, and dance—birthplace of jazz and resistance culture.
Director Dawn Logsdon spent six years on this; David Simon later hired her as a producer on the HBO series, making this the rare documentary that influenced its own fictionalization.
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