2019, 22min, Documentary
2020
FlickerFest International Short FF (Australia) – Best Documentary
2019
Cinema Eye Honors, Top 10 Nonfiction Short Films of 2019
Seattle International Film Festival – Best Short Documentary
Chicago International Film Festival – Audience Award, Best Short Film
Rhode Island International FF – First Prize, Best Short Documentary
Traverse City FF – Special Mention
Sidewalk FF – Best Short Documentary
BendFilm – Best Short Documentary
Milano Film Festival, Special Mention, Best Short Film
Director | Michal Pietrzyk | |
Cinematography | Gabriel Bienczycki | |
Producers | Michal Pietrzyk, Celeste Caliri, Gabriel Bienczycki, David Favret |
Big Chief Demond Melancon Of The Young Seminole Hunters |
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 from the city’s roughest neighborhoods who spend all year sewing feathered suits they’ll wear only once, in a battle to decide who’s “the prettiest.”