Louisiana Story (1948)
- Directed by
- Robert J. Flaherty
- Genre
- documentary film, drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 50 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young Cajun boy explores the Louisiana bayou and encounters an oil drilling crew. The film follows the crew's work as the boy observes the changes to his natural surroundings.
peacefulatmosphericslow-pacednostalgicobservationalearthyquietpictoriallyrical
What happens
Louisiana Story is a 1948 American black-and-white drama film directed and produced by Robert J. Flaherty. The script was written by Flaherty and his wife Frances H. Flaherty. Although it has historically been represented as a documentary film, the events and characters depicted are fictional. The film was commissioned by the Standard Oil Company to promote its drilling ventures in the Louisiana bayous. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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