Michal Pietrzyk

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Michal Pietrzyk was born in Poland and emigrated to the United States at age two after his father was imprisoned as a member of the anti-communist movement Solidarity. His upbringing as an immigrant navigating two different cultures has strongly shaped his worldview and filmmaking voice. He has produced over 130 hours of documentary television for networks like Nat Geo and Netflix and continues working as a producer in his day job.

His award-winning short documentary All on a Mardi Gras Day is free to stream on the New Yorker’s YouTube page here. The 22-minute documentary dives into the fascinating New Orleans subculture known as Mardi Gras Indians, in which African American men sew and present elaborate suits that honor Native American tribes who housed runaway slaves in the American south. All on a Mardi Gras Day follows Big Chief Demond Melancon as he spends all year sewing a suit that he will wear only once, on Mardi Gras morning. With February being Black History Month, and this Tuesday 2/17 being Mardi Gras, we think it’s the perfect time to watch this film.

All on a Mardi Gras Day premiered at the prestigious Berlinale International Film Festival, won the Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival, and played at over 50 international film festivals before being acquired by The New Yorker. Michal’s other recent work includes the Netflix documentary Gold & Greed: The Hunt For Fenn’s Treasure, which chronicles an obsessive decade-long saga to find a million-dollar treasure in the Rocky Mountains and is available to stream on Netflix.

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