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All On a Mardi Gras Day is his first independent documentary, and first as director. Gabriel Bienczycki (Director of Photography, Producer, Colorist) is an LA-based cinematographer, photographer and director. Born in Poland, Gabriel studied music, fine arts and modern dance, becoming a professional dancer before transitioning to cinematography. Documentary All on a Mardi Gras Day: Big Chief Demond of the Young Seminole Hunters. An intimate portrait of Big Chief Demond Melancon’s obsessive journey through the secret 200-year culture known as the Black Masking Culture of New Orleans. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupAll On A Mardi Gras Day · The Wild MagnoliasLife Is A Carnival℗ 1999 Metro BlueReleased on: 1999-01-01Producer, A 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 Filmed in a gentrifying New Orleans, Michal Pietrzyk’s “All on a Mardi Gras Day” is an intimate portrait of Demond, who performs as a Mardi Gras Indian, as h All on a Mardi Gras Day is the story of New Orleans’ black carnival traditions: the Zulus, Indians, Baby Dolls, Skeletons and the men and women who carried o Royce Osborn was a New Orleans-born writer and producer. In 2003, he created the landmarked documentary All on a Mardi Gras Day, which explored New Orleans’ black carnival traditions in a historical context. The program was broadcast nationally on PBS stations, and was awarded at the New Orleans Film Festival. All on a Mardi Gras Day tells the story of New Orleans' black carnival, from Congo Square to post-Katrina. This award-winning documentary mixes interviews with Big Chiefs, Zulu Kings and other carnival maskers with amazing archival footage and classic New Orleans music. Back to Top. email: michalp@comcast.net Description 2008 Spyboy Productions (Originally aired on PBS) Region 1 video – US & Canada. All on a Mardi Gras Day is a one hour documentary on New Orleans’ black carnival traditions, including the Black Indians, Baby Dolls, Zulus and Skeletons. In 2012 the elders of the Mardi Gras Indian community declared Demond would be known as Big Chief Demond of his very own tribe called the Young Seminole Hunters. For over 26 years Demond has been carrying on an important tradition to serve the needs of this tightly knit spiritual community. With this colorful study, Reid Mitchell takes us to Mardi Gras--to a yearly ritual that sweeps the richly multicultural city of New Orleans into a frenzy of parades, pageantry, dance, drunkenness, music, sexual display, and social and political bombast. In All on a Mardi Gras Day Mitchell tells us some of the most intriguing stories of Carnival since 1804. Woven into his narrative are All on a Mardi Gras Day All they could say all night and day,OOO BAH LEA Tu WEY POCKY WEY Solo-2 choruses 8 bar break Rebirth band played that TEE NA NA, all on a Mardi Gras Day Eh, La Bas, Come Si, Come Sa, all on a Mardi Gras Day Kato singing that TEE NA NA, all on a Mardi Gras Day All you could say, all night and day was Oh Bah Lea. Tu WEY All on a Mardi Gras Day: Directed by Michal Pietrzyk. With Spyboy Rashaud 'Shaudy' Brown, Spyboy Walter 'Trigga' Blakk, Big Chief Demond Melancon, Alicia Winding. In a gentrifying New Orleans, Demond sacrifices to be Big Chief in a secret culture called Mardi Gras Indians: African-American men who spend all year sewing feathered suits they'll wear once, in a battle to decide who's "the prettiest." A beautiful, unique wooden jigsaw puzzle full of odd, whimsy pieces that tell a story. Handcrafted in Boulder, CO — a throwback to the golden ages of vintage wooden puzzles. 527 pieces. Art by Frenchy. Collect them all! ALL ON A MARDI GRAS DAY [Verse] Eb7 Gitcha big bass drum led the second line Bb7 All on a Mardi Gras Day Gitcha big bass drum led the second line Eb7 All on a Mardi Gras Day [Verse] Eb7 Well The Wild Magnolias from Second and Vine Bb7 All on a Mardi Gras Day And all that you could hear was the people say Eb7 Oom Bah Way -Two Way Pockey Way All on a Mardi Gras Day was made by Royce Osborn, in association with local PBS station WYES. The film was honored in 2003 at the New Orleans Film Festival the same year. The film was honored in 2003 at the New Orleans Film Festival the same year. 2003; Documentary TVPG Watchlist; Filmmaker Royce Osborn uses vintage stills and clips and interviews with Carnival veterans to explore the stamp New Orleans blacks have put on Mardi Gras. All on a Mardi Gras Day [..] are doing the second line All on a Mardi Gras Day [..] All on a Mardi Gras Day And all we're gonna say all night and day Is "Oh Bah Lea" The world danced down to St. Andrews Street All on a Mardi Gras Day From Chapitulla south to Magnolia Street All on a Mardi Gras Day I (espied/spied) the Injuns and In All on a Mardi Gras Day Mitchell tells us some of the most intriguing stories of Carnival since 1804. Woven into his narrative are observations of the meaning and messages of Mardi Gras--themes of unity, exclusion, and elitism course through these tales as they do through the Crescent City.
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