Southern Circuit | Movies at the Capitol | City of a Million Dreams

In 2005, writer and videographer Deb Cotton leaves “hard-hearted Hollywood” for New Orleans, and becomes a chronicler of the parading club culture spawned by the legacy of funerals with music. This tradition is carried by the prolific clarinetist Michael White, renowned for playing “the widow’s wail” in sorrowful dirges. When Hurricane Katrina hits, White loses everything in the catastrophic flooding. In his struggle to rebuild, White becomes an everyman, embodying the resurrection spirit of jazz funerals. Deb and Michael take us on a journey into the city’s past, searching for answers in the face of tragedies both present and past.

*Q&A with Filmmaker after Screening*

Tickets for this screening and the whole Southern Circuit Film Series are FREE and co-sponsored by WKU & the PCAL Cultural Enhancement Series. Click here for tickets!