The Place of Treme in the Film Economy: Love and Labor for Hollywood South
Vicki Mayer
Chapter from the book: Mayer, V. 2017. Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans: The Lure of the Local Film Economy.
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Chapter from the book: Mayer, V. 2017. Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans: The Lure of the Local Film Economy.
Set in the post-Katrina New Orleans and shot concurrently with the rise of the film economy, the HBO series Treme highlighted local cultural production and its creative producers, including audience members who worked on the show’s behalf. The diverse reactions that residents of New Orleans had to Treme reveal the social construction of the city as a place as well as the ways citizens embrace, negotiate, and struggle with the aura of Hollywood South in their own ways.
Mayer, V. 2017. The Place of Treme in the Film Economy: Love and Labor for Hollywood South. In: Mayer, V, Almost Hollywood, Nearly New Orleans. California: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.25.e
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Published on Feb. 24, 2017