Heritage · Told Through Film
Heritage · Told Through Film
Who We Are
A Louisiana cultural nonprofit. Our cameras stay in Black Louisiana — at the boucherie, on the porch, behind the bandstand, inside the kitchen. We document what’s already here. We don’t explain it. We don’t soften it. We don’t translate it for an audience that wasn’t ours to begin with.
Feature Documentary · 2026
Co-directed by Milton Arceneaux & Dustin Cravins · Produced by Robert Chevalier
Cultural Programming
The 2nd Annual REFRAMING Cinema Film Festival — Saturday, May 23, 2026 · LITE Center, Lafayette · Black, Creole, Indigenous, and underrepresented Louisiana storytellers on the screen first.
Saturday, October 3, 2026 · Free & Public
First Saturday of October every year, anchoring October Creole Heritage Month. A hands-on celebration of Louisiana Creole heritage — boucherie, cooking demo, French bingo, genealogy with Ja’el “YaYa” Gordon, curated Creole vendors, and live music in Town Hall Park.
Explore the DayThe Organization
An independent Louisiana cultural nonprofit. Based in Southwest Louisiana. Documenting Black Louisiana — the full range, no labels imposed, no compromise.
Our StoryWhat We Believe
The story is honest or it doesn’t ship. No romanticizing. No softening. No explaining Black Louisiana to outsiders.
Black Louisianans tell their own stories. We are the subject and the camera. Not the scenery in somebody else’s film.
Film, photography, exhibits, events — whatever the story needs. We don’t limit the tool when the story is bigger than the format.
Culture is something to keep, not sell. What we document today becomes what the next generation inherits.
The work belongs to the people who live it. We make it for Black folks first. Everyone else is welcome to watch.
Join Us
Vues de Culture is a Louisiana cultural nonprofit. Every contribution goes directly into the films, the programs, and the people who make this work possible.
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