After watching Faubourg Treme – The Untold Story of New Orleans, I was struck by how important people and places are often left out of conventional historical narratives. The people of Faubourg Treme and their many contributions to American culture and history, especially civil rights, seem to be too important to leave out of historical accounts, yet many of their contributions have been forgotten by most. The movie seems to reflect the way in which many people interpret history as linear and one-dimensional;  the history that we are taught only reflects the experiences of a small amount of people living in any given time period, but often we interpret it as if those were the only experiences anyone had during that time. This approach to history causes us to ignore the diversity that exists in historical experiences, and why narratives that do not fit the standard interpretation of history, such as the story of Faubourg Treme, are often forgotten (at least by the general public).