REEL SOUTH

Flat Town

A small Cajun town in rural Louisiana holds an annual exhibition football game between the majority-Black public school and majority-White private school, called the Tee Cotton Bowl. This meditative small town portrait examines the effects of racial segregation, and a range of perspectives on the game.

Flat Town Preview

30s

A rural Louisiana high school football game unites a historically segregated town

Previews + Extras

  • Pre-Game Meal before the Tee Cotton Bowl: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Pre-Game Meal before the Tee Cotton Bowl

    S6 E2 - 1m 7s

    Pre-game meal before a high school football game is an almost sacred time especially when it comes to this town's historic annual Tee Cotton Bowl football game.

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