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2021
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2021
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2020
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THE STORY OF LOUISE
BOOK/DOCUMENTARY
OUR NEXT PROJECT
THE STORY OF LOUISE:
From $500 to Priceless
In 1833, a twelve-year-old girl named Louise was sold into slavery for $500 in the sugarcane fields of Louisiana, then defied the impossible by winning an eleven-year legal battle for her freedom, a journey documented in over 180 pages of court records. Through years of meticulous genealogical research, producer and director Leonard Smith III uncovers the remarkable story of his third great-grandmother. The Story of Louise proves that what was once valued at $500 has become truly priceless.