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Film, Video Brodrick Cane interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, 2023-11-13

Video recording of interview with Brodrick Cane conducted by Elise Chatelain.

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About this Item

Title

  • Brodrick Cane interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, 2023-11-13

Summary

  • Brodrick Cane is a line cook and kitchen manager who worked at Copeland's Cheesecake Bistro when the pandemic hit. He was out of work for several months and spent a lot of time at home with his family. He discusses the simultaneous joys of homeschooling and keeping kids entertained during the early months of the pandemic. He also expresses ambivalence about returning to work and the social and economic pressures of the COVID vaccine.

Names

  • Cane, Brodrick, interviewee
  • Micaroni, Justin, photographer
  • Chatelain, Elise M., interviewer

Created / Published

  • 2023-11-13.

Headings

  • -  Cane, Brodrick--Interviews
  • -  Tourism--Louisiana--New Orleans
  • -  Hospitality industry--Employees--Louisiana--Interviews
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Economic aspects
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Educational aspects
  • -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Social aspects
  • -  Employees--Dismissal of
  • -  Employment re-entry
  • -  Unemployment

Genre

  • Digital photographs--Color--2020-2030
  • Video recordings
  • Personal narratives
  • Oral histories
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Recorded at the Lower Garden District field office, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 13, 2023.
  • -  Pandemic Stories from New Orleans-Area Service and Hospitality Workers: COVID-19 American History Project (AFC 2023/016), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Medium

  • 1 video file (35:00, MOV) : sound, color, digital
  • 3 photographs : digital, TIF
  • 1 document file (PDF) : digital

Source Collection

  • Pandemic Stories from New Orleans-Area Service and Hospitality Workers: COVID-19 American History Project AFC 2023/016

Repository

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024655234

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  • Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.

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  • pdf
  • video

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Credit line

It Takes a Village: Rural Central Appalachian Childcare Providers' COVID-19 Experiences: COVID-19 American History Project, 2023-2024 (AFC 2023/017), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Pandemic Stories from New Orleans-Area Service and Hospitality Workers: COVID-19 American History Project, 2023-2024 (AFC 2023/016), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic from Last Responders: COVID-19 American History Project, (AFC 2023/018), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Chicago citation style:

Cane, Brodrick, Interviewee, and Elise M Chatelain, Micaroni, Justin, photographer. Brodrick Cane interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, -11-13. -11-13, 2023. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655234/.

APA citation style:

Cane, B. & Chatelain, E. M., Micaroni, J., photographer. (2023) Brodrick Cane interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, -11-13. -11-13. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655234/.

MLA citation style:

Cane, Brodrick, Interviewee, and Elise M Chatelain, photographer by Micaroni, Justin. Brodrick Cane interview conducted by Elise Chatelain, -11-13. -11-13, 2023. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655234/>.