Photo feature: Fields of history

Published 12:12 am Thursday, October 9, 2014

A crew from KiKa, a German television network, films Rosie Isaac, from left, Kathleen Dunbar, Tyrone Minor and Willie E. Minor as they sing and pick cotton at Frogmore Plantation Wednesday for a documentary. The documentary is on the history of African American music and will air on the network’s show, Paper Chase. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

A crew from KiKa, a German television network, films Rosie Isaac, from left, Kathleen Dunbar, Tyrone Minor and Willie E. Minor as they sing and pick cotton at Frogmore Plantation Wednesday for a documentary. The documentary is on the history of African American music and will air on the network’s show, Paper Chase. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

 

Paper Chase host Ben Bluemel of KiKa, a German television network, talks to, from left, Dunbar, Isaac and Willie E. Minor as they work on the documentary. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Paper Chase host Ben Bluemel of KiKa, a German television network, talks to, from left, Dunbar, Isaac and Willie E. Minor as they work on the documentary. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

 

Isaac stands in a cotton field during filming. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Isaac stands in a cotton field during filming. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)