Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught between the world of white privilege and black oppression.

Marcel Ste. Marie

Philippe Ferronaire

Cecile Ste. Marie

Dolly Rose

Jean-Jacques

Elsie Claviere

Suzette Lermontant

Juliet Mercier

Older Marcel

Lola Dede

Rudolphe Lermontant

Daguerreotypist Picard

Anna Bella Monroe

Marie

Vincent Dazincourt

Josette Metoyer

Christophe Mercier

Maglorie Dazincourt

Marie Ste. Marie

Aglae Dazincourt
November 11, 2001

Marcel Ste. Marie

Philippe Ferronaire

Cecile Ste. Marie

Dolly Rose

Jean-Jacques

Elsie Claviere

Suzette Lermontant

Juliet Mercier

Older Marcel

Lola Dede

Rudolphe Lermontant

Daguerreotypist Picard

Anna Bella Monroe

Marie

Vincent Dazincourt

Josette Metoyer

Christophe Mercier

Maglorie Dazincourt

Marie Ste. Marie

Aglae Dazincourt

