We Asked Tank What She Loves About New Orleans
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What happens when we lose the traditions, recipes, and rituals that connect us to our culture? Grammy-winning artist and host of Ritual, Tarriona “Tank” Ball joins PBS Film Club to explore the cost of assimilation, the importance of preserving cultural traditions, and what it means to reclaim our heritage. From family recipes to New Orleans’ Black Masking traditions, we discuss how rituals shape our identities and what it takes to pass them on to future generations.
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00:00 - Are we losing our cultural recipes?
1:32 - Tank and Ritual introduction
2:30 - Unexpected rituals: Black Masking
3:47 - Do we all have different relationships to rituals and culture?
5:33 - Tank’s background and traditions from New Orleans
8:25 - What is the cost of assimilation? How did we get there?12:52 - Rituals that are connected to race and history
13:41 - What’s one tradition you hope to pass on?
15:55 - What does reclamation look like for next generations?
17:21 - What is Black Masking?
22:43 - What makes you a “real” New Orleanian?
26:53 - What’s something you wish you asked your ancestors?
28:17 - Outro
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@independentlens is an Emmy® Award-winning PBS documentary series. With founding executive producer Lois Vossen, the series has been honored with 10 Academy Award nominations and features documentaries united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement, and unflinching visions of independent filmmakers. Funding is provided by the Action Circle for Independent Lens with major funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Acton Family Giving, Ford Foundation, and Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, with additional support from Artemis Rising Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, Park Foundation, the deNovo Initiative, and RandomGood Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Watch the Ritual series: https://www.youtube.com/show/VLPL1mtdjDVOoOo6LFblQhnu1Wc1NNGcya44?sbp=KgtHYW9fRlNoTUx2c0AB
00:00 - Are we losing our cultural recipes?
1:32 - Tank and Ritual introduction
2:30 - Unexpected rituals: Black Masking
3:47 - Do we all have different relationships to rituals and culture?
5:33 - Tank’s background and traditions from New Orleans
8:25 - What is the cost of assimilation? How did we get there?12:52 - Rituals that are connected to race and history
13:41 - What’s one tradition you hope to pass on?
15:55 - What does reclamation look like for next generations?
17:21 - What is Black Masking?
22:43 - What makes you a “real” New Orleanian?
26:53 - What’s something you wish you asked your ancestors?
28:17 - Outro
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More about PBS Film Club
Welcome to PBS Film Club, the award-winning PBS documentary series hosted by Marissa and Lucky. In an exciting new chapter, we are proud to partner with ITVS and the award-winning PBS series Independent Lens, who join us to co-produce select episodes and bring their unique insight to our community. Together, we’re bringing film lovers a space to watch and discuss how films connect to broader cultural and historical themes. If you love watching films and talking about them with friends and family or showing off at trivia night, this club is for you.
FOLLOW Marissa and Lucky:
Marissa: https://www.instagram.com/marissapina/
Lucky: https://www.instagram.com/itslucky__/
New episodes are now available on the PBS Documentaries YouTube channel, where you can explore even more films and stories that help us better understand our world and each other.
ABOUT INDEPENDENT LENS
@independentlens is an Emmy® Award-winning PBS documentary series. With founding executive producer Lois Vossen, the series has been honored with 10 Academy Award nominations and features documentaries united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement, and unflinching visions of independent filmmakers. Funding is provided by the Action Circle for Independent Lens with major funding from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Acton Family Giving, Ford Foundation, and Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, with additional support from Artemis Rising Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, Park Foundation, the deNovo Initiative, and RandomGood Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
