Alum Wendell Pierce Premiere’s Documentary In New Orleans
New Orleans- “We Won’t Bow Down” makes its hometown premiere on Saturday April 12, 2014 at The Solomon Victory Theater of The National WWII Museum. Shot entirely in New Orleans, Louisiana over an eight year period, the film explores a secret society of African Americans within inner city New Orleans as they voluntarily donate their time, energy and devotion to create hand-beaded Native American costumes. The costumes embody a cultural consciousness and spiritual awakening of the enslaved Africans brought to the New World through the slave trade and its generational lingering effects. The Mardi Gras Indian Culture is one that has to be celebrated and revered with a sense of perseverance, honor, family and legacy. And that is why I am proud to present “We Won’t Bow Down” – Wendell Pierce