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“IronSharpensIron”,premieringJune8atTheBroadTheaterinNewOrleans,capturesthecommunityofIronton’sstrugglesagainstracism,industrialencroachment,andextremeweather.LocatedinPlaqueminesParish,Irontontracesitshistorybacktoemancipation,withmanyofthecommunity’sfoundershavingoncebeenenslavedatnearbySt.RosaliePlantation.Theirdescendantshaveremainedinthearea,maintainingacommunitydespitedecadesofracialsegregationandeconomicinjustice. DirectedbyfilmmakerJohnRichieandproducedbytheLouisianaEndowmentfortheHumanities,IronSharpensIronchroniclesIronton’sfightagainstthedevelopmentofthePlaqueminesLiquidsTerminal(PLT)atoplandthatincludestheirancestralburialgrounds,aswellasthedestructionwroughtbyHurricaneIda.