What’s so special about New Orleans, Louisiana?
Well, the crew of Black Folk Don’t headed down South for this season to find out just that. Because black folk don’t do New Orleans.
OK, they totally do!
This week, filmmaker Angela Tucker launched the second season of her documentary web series, Black Folk Don’t. In it, Tucker travels to New Orleans, polling black folks in the Big Easy about a range of topics all derived from audience suggestions. Like the first season, this season’s conceits are a mix of light and serious, from camping to suicide. (more…)
Angela Tucker takes the question that drives her webseries on a little field trip. Hint: it’s not to Maine — where she might not find many black folk to talk to.
From “Stuff White People Like” to the seemingly never-ending “Sh*t ____ People Say” memes, it seems that young hipsters can’t get enough of video series, albeit tongue-in-cheek ones, that attempt to corral and circumscribe race and culture.
Somewhere in between these trends, a filmmaker working with BlackPublicMedia.org flipped the now-conventional approach on its head. Angela Tucker set out to actually query people — black people, in particular — about popular notions of what is and isn’t a “black thing,” and whether those stereotypes ring true in their own lives.
The result is her ingenious web series, “Black Folk Don’t.” Besides applying the question ”Are there things that black folk don’t do?” to funny and provocative effect, the series does a stunning job of showcasing diversity in black communities, which tends to often be its own answer to the question she’s posing. We’ll be talking to Angela soon in our podcast, but for now, check out an introduction to the series above.
