Product Details

• Actors: Jeffrey Wright
• Directors: Stephen Ives
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: PBS
• DVD Release Date: April 3, 2007
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000OCY654
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,315 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Pbs Release Date: 05/04/2009 Run time: 120 minutes

Customer Reviews

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My first review, March 29, 2007

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Belle (New Orleans, LA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: American Experience: New Orleans (DVD)

This is the best thing out there on New Orleans. If you have any interest in New Orleans - why we cook like we do, dance like we do, play music like we do - this gives it to you. This is from the PBS series "American Experience" and PBS did it well. This is not a "Katrina" piece. Although Katrina factors in at the end, it is not the focus. Here the story starts with the folks that founded the City and moves through to Katrina. Along the way, it pulls no punches and includes the lowlights with the highlights. Even if you know New Orleans, there is plenty here that you will enjoy. I'm getting extras for gifts.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Also my first review, April 12, 2007

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M. Wen "ishme" (nola) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Experience: New Orleans (DVD)

Hands down, the BEST documentary out there about New Orleans. For the first time ever, a documentary that's been produced by someone not from New Orleans that actually "gets" our city. It really has the voice of the people and demonstrates to the rest of the world why New Orleans is so unique and why it's so important for us to preserve this great American city. It even talks about tourists that come to New Orleans and only experience the 5 blocks of Bourbon Street then leave, never seeing the true beauty of this place. It explores the full history of the city, from its birth to the current situation and why the city was the way it was when Katrina struck. It also talks about different facets of the culture that makes it so distinct. Did I mention that it's the BEST New Orleans documentary out there? What are you waiting for? Buy it already!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surpases and Informs the HBO Series, "Treme.", May 4, 2010

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Charles Henderson (Johannesburg, South Africa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Experience: New Orleans (DVD)

The previous reviews say it all. It is simply the best documentary ever produced on the history and culture of New Orleans. I have watched the first three episodes of the HBO series, "Treme," and highly recommend it to anyone who is enjoying that series, and to those who are looking for more, in terms of historical documentation and the human spirit that has created the city AKA "The Big Easy."