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BurytheHatchetisaportraitofthreeMardiGrasIndianBigChiefsofNewOrleans,descendantsofrunawayslavestakeninbytheNativeAmericansoftheLouisianabayous.Onceplaguedbyintertribalviolence,todaytheseAfrican-AmericantribestaketothebackstreetsofNewOrleansonMardiGras,dressedinelaborateNativeAmericaninfluencedcostumesthattheysewoverthecourseoftheyear.Whentribesmeetinsteadofattackingeachotherwithhatchetsandknives,theybattleoverwhichChiefhastheprettiestsuit.<br/> ThefilmfollowsBigChiefsAlfredDoucette,VictorHarrisandMonkBoudreauxoverthecourseoffiveyears,bothpreandpostHurricaneKatrina,andisanexplorationoftheirartandphilosophies,aswellastheirstruggleswithintheircommunities:harassmentbythepolice,violenceamongstthemselves,gentrificationoftheirneighborhoods,uninterestedyouth,oldageandnaturaldisaster.<br/> FilmmakerAaronWalkergainedintimateentryintothisoftenhiddenNewOrleansexperienceanddiscoverednotonlyafascinatingandbeautifulculturebutendearingcharactersandatrulydramaticnarrative.ThefilmisthestoryoftheuniqueandendangeredcultureofNewOrleanstheyrepresent—asbearersoftradition,artists,musicians,andwarriorswhohavelaiddowntheirweapons,butnottheirdeterminationtosurviveasapeople.<br/> WithacelebratorysoundtrackofNewOrleansmusicandadditionalscoringbypianistGeorgeWinston,thefilmisanintimateentryintothisoftenhiddenNewOrleansexperience.