The Dead Can't Do You Nothin'
Producer Katie Mingle narrates her quest to find ghosts in a "pauper's graveyard" in New Orleans.
Best New Artist2007 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition2007 / Katie Mingle / Center for Documentary Studies, USA
Producer Katie Mingle narrates her quest to find ghosts in a "pauper's graveyard" in New Orleans.
Along the way, she meets a little boy who has lost his father, visits with some gravediggers who don't believe in ghosts, and learns some haunting lessons about life and death in New Orleans.
Katie Mingle won the Best New Artist Award for The Dead Can't Do You Nothin', in the 2007 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
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Katie Mingle (@katiemingle) is the senior editor and a producer for 99% Invisible.
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