Ironton Documentary to Screen in Plaq. on July 26 and August 3

New documentary captures south Louisiana community’s struggle against racism, industrial encroachment and extreme weather

  • Reverend Haywood Johnson Jr. on a visit to the historic Ironton burial grounds with John Richie and film crew.
    Reverend Haywood Johnson Jr. on a visit to the historic Ironton burial grounds with John Richie and film crew.
    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...

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