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BACKGROUND
Bois Sec and Canray |
Mardi Gras |
Cajuns and Creoles |
Cajun and Creole Foods |
Music in the Film |
Links, Bibliography & Discography
USING THE FILM
Transcript
THE FILMMAKER
About Les Blank
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Links
http://www.lesblank.com - Filmmaker Les Blank's website including his biography, filmography, articles, and links. http://www.louisianavoices.org - An informed and impressively organized collection of information on Louisiana's Living Traditions including articles and essays, maps, resources, educational guides and lesson plans, photo gallery, and more! http://users.erols.com/ghayman - A kind of central clearinghouse for the Cajun and Zydeco music scene, including information, scheduling, bands and artists, writings, festivals and events, promotion, The ZydE-zine magazine, CZ humor, on-line music, and worldwide links. http://allmusic.com - A extensive listing of commercially released recorded music and artist information, with search and ordering capabilities. Bibliography 1984 Savoy, Ann Allen. Cajun Music: A Reflection of a People. 1989 Ancelet, Barry Jean. Cajun Music: Its Origins and Development. 1991 Ancelet, Barry Jean, Jay D. Edwards, and Glen Pitre. Cajun Country. U Press of Mississippi. 1991 Ancelet, Barry J., "The Center for Acadian and Creole Folklore: An Experiment in Guerrilla Academics" in Daniel W. Patterson, ed., Sounds of the South. Durham: Duke University Press, 148-154. 1992 Gould, Philip. Cajun Music and Zydeco. Introduction by Barry Jean Ancelet. 1996 Spitzer, Nick. "Mardi Gras in L'Anse de 'Prien Noir: A Creole Community Performance in Rural French Louisiana" in James Dorman, ed., Creoles of Color of the Gulf South. Knoxville: U of Tennessee Press. 1996 Ancelet, Barry Jean. "Zydeco / Zarico: The Term and the Tradition," in James Dorman, ed., Creoles of Color of the Gulf South. Knoxville: U of Tennessee Press. 1998 Sherman, Sharon R., Documenting Ourselves: Film, Video, and Culture, Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1998. 1999 Ancelet, Barry Jean. Cajun and Creole Music Makers. [An updated version of The Makers of Cajun Music, published in 1984.] 2001 Ancelet, Barry Jean. "Cajun Music," in The American Musical Atlas, ed. Jeff Todd Titon. New York: Macmillan. 2001 Ancelet, Barry Jean. "Cajun Music," in Grove's Encyclopedia of Music. New York: Grove's. Discography
Other Recordings 1966 Boisec: La Musique Creole. Arhoolie 1070. 1976 Zodico: Louisiana Creole Music. Rounder Records 6009. A CD version is currently under preparation for release as Zydeco Roots. 1992 Cajun Fiddle Styles, Vol. 1 (Side A). Arhoolie 5031. Filmography Les Blank has produced a number of films on Louisiana culture, food, and music including Hot Pepper and Spend It All. For a complete catalog of Les Blank's films, click here. For rights and permissions contact: |
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