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“That is what New Orleans is about…”

D’Artanian from the American Portrait series and people from the city of New Orleans share things about The Big Easy.

In “I Work,” the second episode of the American Portrait documentary series, D’Artanian D. and his co-workers give and inside look at life in the Big Easy. Hear from New Orleanians share windows of their diverse and resilient city of New Orleans.

My American story started when my father brought our family to New Orleans to work at building floats for Mardi Gras.

When I step outside my door...

The tradition I carry on is supplying good times and good food for the good people in our neighborhood - the same way that people in Southern Louisiana...

I never expected the way that the Mardi Gras parade she started would impact my life.

A day's work is hanging out here and playing music with the boys!

The people I relate to are artists and people who support artists.

What gets me out of bed in the morning is the call of Mardi Gras Day. To most people Mardi Gras is just another Tuesday, but in New...

The tradition I carry on is the tradition of school children in New Orleans making shoebox floats to mimic the bigger floats that roll down the street during...

A day's work is tap dancing out here in New Orleans

The tradition I carry on is from a Kosher home and taking the Cajun food I grew up and continuing them on in my life and my restaurant...

Most days I feel like dancing! I'm grateful to be in New Orleans, where I can show up and work doing tap dance in the French Quarter.

The tradition I carry on is celebrating the history and revelry of Mardi Gras. As owner of a 102-year-old restaurant in the French Quarter, the tradition was instilled...

I never expected it to be such a nightmare. My year was going so awesome until the coronavirus made everything come to a screeching halt. I was on a path to scale my business that was already in jeopardy. I devised a plan to save my business and...

I took a risk when fear was no longer a factor. They Expected Nothing: A Deeper Look into the Life of a True New Orleanian My full name...

A day's work for me involves building floats for parades, sets for television and movies - we never really know what we're going to build! My life is...