00:00New 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.
00:30You showed them how to stunt, how to heal, resist, rebuild, how to yeah, how to take needle and thread and ruin rice and create culture, how to scratch.
00:43You, 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, oh.
01:06First question is, I want you to describe your love for New Orleans.
01:16My love for New Orleans runs deep.
01:18It's the most unique place in the world.
01:21Being 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 from 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.
01:59Miss Basil's swinging.
02:00This is special.
02:15You know, we have inherited something here in this city, and sometimes we forget about it because it happened a long, long time ago, and it happened just after the slavery.
02:30But our way of expressing ourselves came out, and we were free to do it, and we did it.
02:37And we still are.
02:39That's the special thing for me.
02:41What's special to you about the culture of New Orleans?
03:07Oh, my goodness.
03:10Bar me, I think there's a certain kind of freedom that we have here in New Orleans.
03:16And when I say that, I'm talking about what you see when we're dancing, you know, and what you see when we're just standing still.
03:27I think what makes us so unique and special here in New Orleans is that we are the most resilient people on this planet.
03:39No matter what's going on in our city, in this world, we still.
03:43Still.
03:43Still.
03:43Still.
03:44Still.
03:44Still.
03:45Still.
03:45It's like we still continue on with our everyday lives.
03:53We still continue on with culture, our traditions, and that's what keeps us grounded here in the city.
04:00So much of who I am is directly tied to this city.
04:11New Orleans has played such a crucial role, you know, historically, spiritually, culturally.
04:16It's so important, you know, to emphasize just what this city really is and what it can and will be.
04:24You know, they say that New Orleans is the northernmost Caribbean 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 connections, and not just to Africa, but around the world.
04:51This place would not lift off the page if the ancestors were not alive and well.
04:56New Orleans stands on the backs of the ancestors.
05:02They have nothing to sell if it wasn't for the ancestors.
05:06The number one export out this sucker is culture, culture, culture, culture.
05:10We have not used to have many outward actions.
05:11And I think that is righteous.
05:13The number one export is culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture, culture.
05:16You know, white marketplaces, culture, culture, culture, culture and type.
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