Louisiana’s stories live in its people—in calloused hands hauling shrimp nets, in brushstrokes on canvas, in the struggles and resilience of those navigating life’s hardest margins. These documentary shorts offer intimate portraits of Louisianans whose lives, in their variety and tenacity, reveal the beating heart of this place we call home.

A Louisiana shrimper fights to preserve his family’s legacy and a vanishing way of life as the shrimping industry crumbles under economic and global pressures.

Last of the Shrimpers

A Louisiana shrimper fights to preserve his family’s legacy and a vanishing way of life as the shrimping industry crumbles under economic and global pressures.

Terrance Osborne is an extraordinary New Orleanian artist who paints vibrant scenes of the city. This film follows his raw passion and deep love for his city, his family, and his wife, immersing viewers in Osborne's unique and eccentric vision.

T.Osborne

Terrance Osborne is an extraordinary New Orleanian artist who paints vibrant scenes of the city. This film follows his raw passion and deep love for his city, his family, and his wife, immersing viewers in Osborne's unique and eccentric vision.

This film follows Jan Beaubouef, an 88 year old artist from central Louisiana as she completes her latest project, a sculpture assembled from locally sourced materials. Beaubouef draws inspiration from the life and death around her, using a mix of bright neon, nature, and found materials as mediums. This is a contemplative journey of the life, challenges and creative process of an aging artist.

Jan Beauboeuf: The Creative Spirit

Jan Beaubouef is an 88 year old artist from central Louisiana as she completes her latest project, a sculpture assembled from locally sourced materials. This film is a contemplative journey of the life, challenges and creative process of an aging artist.

A filmmaker uses Super 8 film to come to terms with his diagnosis of Young Onset Parkinson's Disease.

Embracing Instability

A filmmaker uses Super 8 film to come to terms with his diagnosis of Young Onset Parkinson's Disease.

When the world feels a little too heavy, one uninhibited three-year-old reminds us sometimes the best thing to do is dance.

Loves to Dance

When the world feels a little too heavy, one uninhibited three-year-old reminds us sometimes the best thing to do is dance.

The film is the enactment of a poem about the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, the oldest licensed pharmacy in the United States. Set in the museum itself, the actor is an actual guide at the museum and was the inspiration for the poem by Andy Young.

Pharmacy Museum Tour Guide, New Orleans

The enactment of a poem about the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, the oldest licensed pharmacy in the United States.

An intimate portrait of four squatters making a home inside an abandoned power plant in New Orleans. Over two years, their lives, relationships, and daily struggles unfold against the looming threat of a rumored redevelopment plan.

Anywhere I Lay My Head

An intimate portrait of four squatters making a home inside an abandoned power plant in New Orleans. Over two years, their lives, relationships, and daily struggles unfold against the looming threat of a rumored redevelopment plan.

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