ABC7 is in New Orleans at the ESSENCE Festival of Culture, an event for women of color, where the 'Power of Joy' theme is celebrated through music, movies, stage presentations, food, culture and more.
The ESSENCE Festival of Culture theme celebrates Black culture, inclusion, inspiration and love in New Orleans.KABC's Rachel Brown takes you inside the festival where thousands come together and the energy is electric.
Families are able to take pictures, win prizes and celebrate the festival's theme, the Power of Joy, with other guests and Disney princesses. Broadway, film and ABC's Abbott elementary star Sheryl Lee Ralph is also enjoying the festival, and says she is thankful for the fans. The ABC star also talked about her latest passion project, a documentary on women of color living with HIV titled, "Unexpected."
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