Telling the stories of the most storied place

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Posted by on Dec 23, 2008 in Documentaries, Southern Foodways Alliance Films


Martin Sawyer tended bar in the French Quarter for over 50 years. As a child he witnessed the flood of 1927 and as an octagenarian he fled his native New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina took aim. In this short profile, Mr. Sawyer talks about his time behind the bar and his memories of the Cresenct City. (2006)