New Orleans: The First 300 Years

About New Orleans: The First 300 Years

Narrated by actor John Goodman and produced by Peggy Scott Laborde, this documentary was produced for the city of New Orleans tricentennial in 2018. It focuses not only on New Orleans’ earliest days, but also tracks the evolution of the modern city, including its literary and music legacy and politics.

New Orleans: The First 300 Years is a 2017 documentary film directed by Larry Roussarie.

John Goodman appears as Narrator, Irma Thomas as Interviewee, Jacquelyn Clarkson as Interviewee, and Bruce Boyd Raeburn as Interviewee. At 87 minutes long, it arrived in January 2017.

American members can watch it on PBS.