Chasing Dreams- A Leah Chase Story
A heart-warming glimpse in to the life of Chef Leah Chase, who, at 88,
continues to fight every day for human dignity with inspiring energy and joy.
Director: William Sabourin / Producer: Willie Birch
Brought to you by Joan Mitchell Foundation, TungstenMonkey, and Willie Birch.
Hope To Told Ya -
The Old prieur Street Project
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Director: William Sabourin / Producer: Willie Birch
A film chronicle and oral histories portraying the residents of "the Cut", a neighborhood in the upper 7th Ward of New Orleans, the Old Prieur Street Project also includes a community garden, collaborations with students from the Isidore Newman School and the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) among others, and an ongoing body of work by the artist.
Roll with it:
Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans (Refiguring American Music)
with Matt Sakakeeny, Duke University Press Books (October 30, 2013)
"a keen, social-justice-minded examination of the turbulent mix of race, economics, culture and tradition in which brass band culture is located." (Alison Fensterstock, Times-Picayune
“Roll With It, which includes striking black-and-white paintings by New Orleans artist Willie Birch, is at once celebratory and saddening: a book of personal stories and a highly researched academic work.” (Geraldine Wyckoff, Offbeat)