00:15New Orleans, girl, you are the sound, the sample, the reference, the recipe, the accent, the source, and the soul.
00:23Your influence is in a little bit of everything, but ain't nowhere like you in the world.
00:32You showed them how to stunt, how to heal, resist, rebuild, how to yeah, how to take needle and thread
00:40and ruin rice and create culture out of scratch.
00:42You, you are free as day.
00:46You are yesterday and tomorrow.
00:49The example of what could be.
00:51You are celebration and sorrow.
00:53Black New Orleans, something else.
00:57You are home.
00:58And you are forever.
01:00Oh, oh, oh, oh.
01:10First question is, I want you to describe your love for New Orleans.
01:15My love for New Orleans runs deep.
01:18It's the most unique place in the world.
01:20Being from New Orleans is definitely a superpower.
01:23No matter where you go out in the world, people are always inspired and impressed and intrigued by what being
01:29from New Orleans means.
01:38What does America lose if it loses New Orleans?
01:41America loses its soul.
01:44If America loses New Orleans, it loses a vital organ.
01:48And not that it wouldn't be able to still be alive, but the quality of life is extremely compromised.
01:58Miss Brazil's principally dengan jaba-dub-dub-dub-dub-dub-dub-dub-dub-dub-du.
02:05But do-bub-dub-dub-dub-dub-dub-sup-day.
02:25because it happened a long, long time ago,
02:28and it happened just after the slavery.
02:30But our way of expressing ourselves came out,
02:33and we were free to do it, and we did it.
02:36And we still are.
02:39That's the special thing for me.
03:05What's special to you about the culture of New Orleans?
03:08Oh, my goodness.
03:10Bar me, I think there's a certain kind of freedom
03:13that we have here in New Orleans.
03:15And when I say that, I'm talking about what you see
03:19when we're dancing, you know?
03:22And what you see when we're just standing still.
03:31I think what makes us so unique and special here
03:34in New Orleans is that we are the most resilient people
03:38on this planet.
03:39No matter what's going on in our city, in this world, we still.
03:49It's like we still continue on with our lives.
03:52in our everyday lives.
03:53We still continue on with culture, our traditions.
03:57And that's what keeps us grounded here in the city.
04:06So much of who I am is directly tied to this city.
04:11New Orleans has played such a crucial role, you know,
04:14historically, spiritually, culturally.
04:16It's so important, you know, to emphasize just
04:20what this city really is and what it can and will be.
04:23You know, they say that New Orleans is the northernmost
04:27Caribbean island or the most African city in America.
04:32And I think that is part of what makes us unique.
04:37We have managed to retain, right, so much of our diasporic
04:45connections, and not just to Africa, but around the world.
04:51This place would not lift off the page if the ancestors were
04:54not alive and well.
05:00They have nothing to sell if it wasn't for the ancestors.
05:05The number one export out this sucker is culture, culture, culture, culture.
05:10is culture.
05:33Oh, oh, oh, oh.
06:03Oh, oh, oh.
06:33Oh, oh, oh.
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