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Louisiana Story is a 1948 American black-and-white drama film directed and produced by Robert J. Flaherty. Its script was written by Frances H. Flaherty and Robert J. Flaherty. Although it has historically been represented as a documentary film , the events and characters depicted are fictional.
A young Cajun boy befriends the oil drillers who disrupt his bayou life in this documentary-style film by Robert J. Flaherty. Nominated for an Oscar, the film features a score by Virgil Thomson and a raccoon named Alexander Napolean Ulysses Latour.
- (2.2K)
- Adventure, Drama
- Robert J. Flaherty
- 1948-10-28
Louisiana Story was the first film that Flaherty, whom the New York Times called the "father of documentary," made following a six-year absence from the screen. His previous picture, The Land , was released in 1942.
- Robert Flaherty
- Joseph Boudreaux
The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home. ...
- 78 min
- 19K
- Cult Cinema Classics
Louisiana Story. A 1948 film about a Cajun family cohabiting with the emerging oilfield Industry. This film has audio tweaking, Color tinting, and contains r...
- 96 min
- 13K
- yang filo
Jul 9, 2010 · Louisiana Story. A young Cajun boy named Alexander Napolean Ulysses Latour (Joseph Boudreaux) spends his time on a Louisiana bayou. There he plays, fishes and hunts, worrying only about the alligators which infest its waters. The boy's innocent routine changes forever when his father (Lionel Le Blanc) signs a lease agreement with an oil company ...
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The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home. A young Cajun boy named Alexander Napolean Ulysses Latour spends his time on a Louisiana bayou. There he plays, fishes and hunts, worrying only about the alligators which infest its waters.
