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Best Louisiana Documentaries?
Posted on 9/26/23 at 10:36 pm
Posted on 9/26/23 at 10:36 pm
As title suggests, any suggestions?
Always loved the history of New Orleans with all of the Spanish and French colonial influence. Maybe some native history?
Always loved the history of New Orleans with all of the Spanish and French colonial influence. Maybe some native history?
Posted on 9/26/23 at 10:39 pm to GeauxHouston
I Went To the Dance by Les Blank.
Posted on 9/27/23 at 3:23 am to GeauxHouston
PBS did a multi-part series on history of LA but I don't remember the name but the name wasn't artsy and may have just been the history of Louisiana. Not sure if it is streaming anywhere or not.
Posted on 9/27/23 at 9:31 am to Obtuse1
Will look into that one. They also had one called “No Man’s Land” I have been wanting check out.
Posted on 9/27/23 at 9:33 am to Honest Tune
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I Went To the Dance by Les Blank.
Big fan of zydeco. Will watch.
Posted on 9/27/23 at 9:38 am to GeauxHouston
Ken Burns America: Huey Long (on DailyMotion.com)
Sorry, you'll have to sit through commercials to get to it.
Sorry, you'll have to sit through commercials to get to it.
Posted on 9/27/23 at 10:03 am to GeauxHouston
I remember seeing one about LSU football in the early 80's on PBS when you still had all the die hards going to the game. The interviews with the fans talking about the band coming in to tiger stadium was great. I wish I knew the name of it.
This post was edited on 9/27/23 at 10:34 am
Posted on 9/27/23 at 10:12 am to crash1211
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I remember seeing one about LSU football in the early 80's on PBS when you still had all the die hands going to the game. The interviews with the fans talking about the band coming in to tiger stadium was great. I wish I knew the name of it.
Is this it? Men of LSU
Posted on 9/27/23 at 10:25 am to Honest Tune
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I Went To the Dance by Les Blank.
hes got a few on Louisiana. I have his criterion box set, always for pleasure.
always for pleasure
spend it all
zydeco
yum yum yum
hot pepper
dry wood
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Among the films included will be the 1978 film after which the set is named: "Always for Pleasure," an hourlong documentary about some of New Orleans' more colorful social traditions, including jazz funerals, second-lines, Mardi Gras Indians and crawfish.
Other films of local interest to be included are: 1972's "Spend it All," a 41-minute exploration of Cajun culture; 1973's "Hot Pepper," a 54-minute profile of local "King of Zydeco" Clifton Chenier; 1973's "Dry Wood," a 37-minute, zydeco-infused portrait of black Creole life in the Louisiana Delta; and 1990's 90-minute "Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Creole and Cajun Cooking."
This post was edited on 9/27/23 at 10:28 am
Posted on 9/27/23 at 10:31 am to GeauxHouston
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“No Man’s Land”
I've been wanting to watch this one as well...
Posted on 9/27/23 at 10:35 am to nes2010
That may have been it. I'll have to watch it to be sure. Different type of Fandom at that time. I kind of miss it.
Posted on 9/27/23 at 1:00 pm to GeauxHouston
if you google "Louisiana Documentaries Youtube" there are several that will pop up.
LINK
LINK
This post was edited on 9/27/23 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 9/27/23 at 2:14 pm to GeauxHouston
First and still greatest, "Louisiana Story" 1948
About a Cajun family, a raccoon and the glorious oil companies that saved the state. LINK
Also, there was a Ted Turner series in the 80s about the 50 US states called "Portrait of America". The best epi by far was on Louisiana. But I don't see it on youtube.
"Fatal Flood" about the 1927 Miss River LINK
About a Cajun family, a raccoon and the glorious oil companies that saved the state. LINK
Also, there was a Ted Turner series in the 80s about the 50 US states called "Portrait of America". The best epi by far was on Louisiana. But I don't see it on youtube.
"Fatal Flood" about the 1927 Miss River LINK
Posted on 9/27/23 at 2:55 pm to GeauxHouston
There is a PBS one called "Why Louisiana ain't Mississippi or anyplace else!"
Really enjoyed it
Really enjoyed it
Posted on 9/27/23 at 3:42 pm to GeauxHouston
"The Pharmacist" This was based in Louisiana, but the subject matter isn't technically about Louisiana.
Posted on 9/27/23 at 4:37 pm to GeauxHouston
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Big fan of zydeco. Will watch.
You can go Cajun dance on Saturday mornings in Eunice with some of the people on that documentary, the Savoy family.
Posted on 9/27/23 at 4:40 pm to dgnx6
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hes got a few on Louisiana.
I’ll have to dig in and check these out.
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