Documentary - The Xavier Story In its 95-year history, Xavier University of Louisiana has faced adversities almost Biblical in scope. Hurricanes. Floods. Cultural revolution. State and local governments that fought against its very existence. Xavier, the nation's only Catholic and historically black university, was founded by a white nun who was determined to admit students of all races—and to do it in the same city, New Orleans, where Plessy vs. Ferguson had prompted decades of legal, enforced, racial segregation, all across the American South. And yet, Xavier has thrived. Over the past year, the Xavier Story Project has been interviewing men and women who’ve lived this history. It will unveil their interviews in an exhibition at the university's 2019 Homecoming. It will also feature them as part of a website that illuminates Xavier’s role in New Orleans history and in America's civil rights struggle. Finally, it will create a framework where students, faculty, and alumni can continue recording their own Xavier stories, today and in the future. Documentary about the American civil right’s movement’s history in New Orleans. https://xulastory.com Stillframe from shoot in New Orleans, 2019 Director / Producer: Helen Malmgren Researcher: Jacques Morial 1st DP: Rob Fortunato 2nd DP: Conny Fridh Sound: Keith McManus Gaffer: Declan R Ryan