Tag: documentary

Deep Dives: Cajun Culture

The Coop is a new Valcour Records collaborative project with Louisiana musicians, chefs, storytellers, and artists of all disciplines, bringing exclusive monthly content unavailable anywhere else!...

Down Home Music 1963 Film

For a limited time watch the entire documentary for free. Down Home Music A Journey Through the Heartland 1963 filmed by Dietrich Wawzyn In 1963 German...

New Lost City Ramblers Film – Always Been A Rambler

For a limited time watch the entire documentary for free. ALWAYS BEEN A RAMBLER A film by Yasha Aginsky This hour-long documentary celebrates fifty years of the...

Sacred Steel Film

Watch the Complete Film Now! Sacred Steel Directed by Robert L. Stone The Arhoolie Foundation, in cooperation with the Documentary Arts Foundation, produced this documentary film...

Guillermo Hernandez Corrido Film

Watch the entire 56 minute film “El Mundo del Corrido de Guillermo Hernandez,” about the late UCLA professor Guillermo Hernandez and his love for Mexican American...

Everything But the Squeak

Everything But The Squeak Directed by Alan Govenar This DVD is now out of print but you can watch the entire video below. Caution: Contains graphic...

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DL Menard Interview

The late Cajun musician D.L. Menard’s biggest hit was “La Porte En Arrière” (“The Back Door”) which he wrote. He was often called “the Cajun Hank Williams”. In this interview from around 1988, Chris Strachwitz, Maureen Gosling, and Les Blank talk to D.L. about his first guitar, Cajun music, meeting Hank Williams, world travel, song writing, and making chairs.

Red Alexander Shipwright and Folk Artist – Video

Red Alexander: Shipwright and Folk Artist Directed by Chris Simon The Arhoolie Foundation produced this lovely documentary film about Robert ‘Red’ Alexander, a shipwright and folk...