Today on Louisiana Considered, we talk with the archivist who tracked down footage of Mardi Gras’ Krewe of Rex from 1898. Plus, we hear an update on charges for the murder Ronald Greene, and hear the final installment of Bobbi-Jeanne Misick’s investigation into Cameroonian asylum-seekers.
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Believed to be the oldest film of New Orleans, the roughly two-minute movie shows both long-held traditions of the parade and rituals that have been changed or forgotten.