Magnum Opus Films Presents
Where I Got My Name: A Story of Struggle and Self Discovery
Last June my sons and I had a life-changing journey to Mississippi and Louisiana where we went to the sites of the plantations on which our family members were enslaved. There we began making a documentary film about our experience—but we need your help to finish the project. The YouTube video to the left is a 13-minute documentary on our family's history made before we embarked on our journey. While this story is of immeasurable significance to our family, it is also vital for everyone to learn how the history of slavery shapes our society today.
Through our small family-owned company, Magnum Opus Films, we are launching a project to tell the story of the enslavement of our people on the Lenoir plantation in Morgantown, Marion County, Mississippi and the Darensbourg plantation in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.
"Where We Got Our Name: A Story of Struggle and Self Discovery" will be the story of our family and millions of enslaved and emancipated families.
We launched this campaign on Juneteenth, a national celebration of Black emancipation! We are asking you to support this project in any amount that you can.
Help us tell the story of discovering where
our ancestors were enslaved
The Blue Tide is the acoustic blues collaboration of lifelong friends J.D. Lenoir (Jesse Hagopian) and Daniel Rapport. Their sound is rooted in the
classic delta blues tradition while their lyrics
and attitude are firmly in the present.
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