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New documentary captures south Louisiana community’s struggle against racism, industrial encroachment and extreme weather
Ironton, Louisiana, located in Plaquemines Parish, traces its history back to emancipation, with many of the community’s founders having once been enslaved at nearby St. Rosalie Plantation. Their descendants have remained in the area, maintaining a community despite decades of racial segregation and economic injustice. “Iron Sharpens Iron,” a new documentary that will screen in two locations this…