Big Chief Tee, the youngest Mardi Gras Indian Big Chief, and the Black Hawk Hunters navigate the impacts of gentrification and systemic racism on their masking tradition in a film celebrating the beauty and resilience of “the culture.”
The film follows 16-year-old Terrence Williams Jr. (Big Chief T) as he prepares his colorful and intricate suit for the Mardi Gras parade. Big Chief, Black Hawk has been nominated for best documentary by the American Black Film Festival, Black Film Festival of New Orleans, the Newark Black Film Festival and the Black Reel Awards and was named the top Hollywood South film of 2021 by nola.com
Watch Big Chief, Black Hawk on America rRFramed, tonight at 8pm on GBH WORLD.
