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Videotapes on Louisiana Traditional Culture
The State Library of Louisiana has most of the following
videos (and many more) on Louisiana culture available on loan. Many
filmmakers have also given permission for public screenings that do not
charge a fee. To borrow a film, contact your nearest parish library with
the title and number of the desired film and the date(s) which you wish to
reserve it. The film will be shipped to your parish library for pick up.
Loan periods are typically for one week. Parish libraries also have a copy
of the state library's Video Catalog, which lists videos appropriate
for any subject.
The state library also handles loans of the
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities videos. Contact your parish library
or refer to the State Library online catalog
for available
titles.
 Alligator
Hunters: A Louisiana Legacy
(60 min) documents the tradition of alligator hunting in the
marshes of Vermilion Parish (VP)V2243.
Allons
á Louisiana Cajun Country
(30 min) Governor Edwards introduces this look at Cajun culture.
Always
for Pleasure (58
min) An insider's look at the New Orleans Mardi Gras with its
musical traditions.
Anything
I Catch: The Handfishing Story (30
min) explores the custom of wading into bayous to catch catfish
and turtles that live in underwater stumps. (VP) V1352.
Cajun
Crossroads (60 min)
accurately portrays the range of Cajun lifestyles from bayou
to prairie, rural to urban, oil rig to fisherman. (VP) V0780.
Cajun
in Search of Their Roots
(28 min) visits with descendants of Acadians who remained in
Canada and who went to Louisiana. (VP) V0895.
The
Chitimacha (12 min)
presents an overview of this Native American tribe in Charenton,
Louisiana
Dance
for a Chicken: The Cajun Mardi Gras (60 min) presents the rural Cajun tradition
with authentic presentation of the run, historical background
and cultural interpretation are given. (VP) V2604.
Gumbo (28 min) looks at South Louisiana
cooking. (VP) V0549.
Haunted
Waters, Fragile Lands (60
min) is a case study of the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary of national
environmental problems of land and water usage that have been
caused by historical and cultural factors.
Hidden
Nation (57 min) explores
the traditions of the French-speaking Houma Indians of Dulac,
Louisiana, and their search for federal recognition.
Islands
of Saints and Souls (30
min) explores ethnic Catholicism in New Orleans, examining holiday
traditions such as All Saints day, St. Joseph's Day altars, and
St. Patrick's Day Parade.
Les
Blues de Balfa (28
min) presents Dewey Balfa tracing the development of his musical
family and its contribution to Cajun music. (VP) V0653.
Les
Creoles (28 min)
A look at black Creoles and their music (in French). (VP) V2323.
Neville
Brothers and Friends
(58 min) A spicy hour of lively music recorded live at Storyville
Jazz Hall in New Orleans. (VP) V1898.
New
Orleans Jazz Funerals . . . from the inside. By DMJ Productions, PO Box 840102,
New Orleans, LA 70184-0102.
New
Orleans Voodoo . . . from the inside. Documents the history and current practice
of this misunderstood religion. By DMJ Productions, PO Box 840102,
New Orleans, LA 70184-0102.
Of
Sugar Cane and Syrup (15
min) chronicles syrup making in a Franklin Parish family.
Pirogue
Maker (12 min) records
the Acadian skill of carving a pirogue from a cypress log. (VP)
V0779.
Rainin'
in my Heart: A Blues Mosaic (60
min) discusses the distinctive form of blues that originated
in Baton Rouge, featuring Moses "Whispering" Smith,
Henry Gray, Tabby Thomas, Buddy Guy, and others.
Something
Nobody Else Has: Turtle Trapping in Louisiana (29 min) explores turtle trapping
in Vermillion Parish. (VP) V0236.
Spend
It All (41 min) documents
the lifestyles and environments of three groups of Cajun musicians,
includes pig slaughter and barbecue. (VP) V1353.
The
1985 Festival of American Folklife (15 min) excerpts demonstrations of Louisiana
folklife artists appearing at the Smithsonian's national festival.
(VP) V1129.
Yeah,
You Rite (28 min)
presents a linguistic tour of New Orleans dialects in various
part of the city and discusses the social function of language
and the cultural ramifications of the differences.
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