Louisiana story [videorecording] /
Title on container: Robert J. Flaherty's Louisiana story
Lopert Films, Inc. ; story by Frances and Robert Flaherty ; produced and directed by Robert Flaherty.
- [United States] : Home Vision Entertainment, c2003.
- 1 videodisc (ca. 79 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Fully restored by the Library of Congress, The Museum of Modern Art, and the UCLA Film and Television Department. Originally produced as motion picture in 1948. Special features: Letters home: a reading of cinematographer Richard Leacock's Letters with images from the production; Flaherty and film: a filmed discussion between Frances Flaherty and Robert Gardner about the making of Louisiana story; Hidden and seeking: a documentary excerpt in which Frances Flaherty reflects on her life and work with Robert Flaherty; The land: an excerpt from a 1940 film directed by Robert Flaherty for the United States Department of Agriculture; Study film: commentary by Richard Leacock and Frances Flaherty over the famed opening sequence.
Editor, Helen Van Dongen ; photography, Richard Leacock ; original music, Virgil Thomson ; music performed by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conducting. Editor, Helen Van Dongen ; photography, Richard Leacock ; original music, Virgil Thomson ; music performed by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conducting.
Joseph Boudreaux, Lionel LeBlanc, Mrs. E. Bienvenu, Frank Hardy.
Through the eyes of a young Cajun boy living on the Bayou, tells the story of disruption and change when an oil rig brings industry into his pristine world.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, Region 1 encoding.
Pulitzer Prize, musical score.
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Cajuns--Drama. Bayous--Louisiana--Drama. Oil well drilling rigs--Louisiana--Drama. Oil industries--Drama.