Louisiana Story Movie Review 1948

The final effort by the master filmmaker, depicting the effects of oil industrialization on the southern Bayou country as seen through the eyes of a young boy. One of Flaherty's greatest, widely considered a premiere achievement.

Distribution

Discount Video Tapes, Inc./Hollywood's Attic, PO Box 7122, Burbank, CA 91510, Phone: (818)843-3366, Toll-free: 800-253-9612, Fax: (818)843-3821, Email: wwwjr@hollywoodsattic.com, URL: http://www.hollywoodsattic.com/blackart.htm

Available on VHS
Running time 77 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary, American South, Black Gold, Childhood Visions, Louisiana

Director

Robert Flaherty

Music

Virgil Thomson

Producer

Robert Flaherty

Awards

Natl. Film Reg. 1994.