New Orleans Street Parade

The 1968 film New Orleans Street Parade depicts the eponymous city's Onward Brass Band parading through the French Quarter, arousing interest from onlookers and picking up participant second liners along the way. This film attempts to capture an authentic second line parade and particularizes a cultural phenomenon that has persisted for well over 100 years. The parade and film were organized by filmmaker Karen Loveland for use in an exhibition on jazz that ran from December 1, 1968 to January 15, 1969 at the Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum. In the original installation, this film was presented with a second film reel and an accompanying slide show.

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