A Free Man of Color November 26, 2010

'A Free Man of Color' is a freewheeling epic set in 1802 New Orleans. Jacques Cornet, the title character, is a new world Don Juan and the wealthiest inhabitant of this sexually charged and racially progressive city. Jacques thinks all is well in his paradise until history intervenes, setting off a chain of events which no one -- much less this free man of color -- realizes is about to splinter the world.