On the Battlefield

On the Battlefield

2024 · 13 min · Documentary

The first release by Little Egypt Collective stages a sound recordist reconnecting with the flat fields where once stood Pyramid Courts – the housing projects that formed the heart of the Black community of the Little Egypt region of southern Illinois.

Directed by Lisa Marie Malloy

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