It was at an event at Vermilionville that Chasa and Charliese West first saw their mother reconnect with her Creole roots, speaking Louisiana Creole. Realizing they wouldn’t have been able to communicate with their grandparents triggered a desire to connect with their heritage. That desire turned into a short film that was screened at film festivals in Mississippi, Indiana and France, and won them the Dikalo award at the Pan-African Film Festiva…
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