The Organization
A Southwest Louisiana cultural nonprofit documenting Black Louisiana through film, photography, and cultural programming — told for us, by us, no compromise.
We make documentary films. We host cultural events. We build platforms where Black Louisianans are the storytellers and the subject — not the scenery in somebody else’s film.
Black culture in Louisiana is not one thing. Some folks identify as Creole. Some don’t. Some speak Louisiana French or Kouri-Vini. Some don’t. Some come from bayou country, some from the cities, some from families that have been here since before the state existed. Vues de Culture does not force a label on anybody. We document the full range, and we let people name themselves.
We do not romanticize the culture. We document it. We do not explain Black Louisiana to outsiders. We make work for Black folks first, and everyone else is welcome to watch.
What 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.
Leadership
Founder of Vues de Culture. Co-Director of Built on Zydeco. Principal of Encoded Noire. Black Louisiana filmmaker, designer, and cultural strategist.
Founder of DAB Health Innovations. Family Nurse Practitioner serving Southwest Louisiana for 30+ years. Recipient of the Presidential Award for Health in Community Service.
Operating treasurer. Firm Administrator at The Health Law Center. Lafayette Housing Authority Commissioner. Carrying the African American Heritage Foundation legacy founded by her late mother, Je’Nelle Chargois.
Producer of Built on Zydeco. Legal professional, community leader, and arts advocate. Leading the 501(c)(3) filing for Vues de Culture.
Co-Director of Built on Zydeco. Cultural advocate and Zydeco scholar. Cravins family — co-host of The Cravins Brothers Zydeco & Info Show. Second-generation organizer of Zydeco Extravaganza.
Trademark attorney. Founder of Maxim Legal. Author of multiple books, including Negotiate Like a Woman. Houston, Texas.
Vice President and Secretary positions are currently open. The organization is actively building toward its next phase — 501(c)(3) filing, expanded programming, and the next documentary slate.
Be the First
Vues de Culture is filing 501(c)(3) status in 2026. The work is already documented — Built on Zydeco, REFRAMING Cinema, Creole Culture Day. The institutional backing comes next. Founding sponsors and supporters are the names that go on every grant we file, every screening program, and every documentary we release this decade.