A Well Spent Life is a portrait of legendary Texas blues songster and guitarist Mance Lipscomb. Featuring Lipscomb’s life-affirming views on love, music, and human comradeship, this encounter reveals the bluesman’s world and Les Blank’s graceful filmmaking of the American South. Spend It All is a beautiful celebration of the food and music of French-speaking Cajuns of Louisiana, featuring Nathan Abshire, the Balfa Brothers, and Marc Savoy. Werner Herzog was so inspired by this work that he famously lifted one of the most memorable scenes for his own film Stroszek. Preceding the documentaries, we present a short documentary interview with Chris Strachwitz, who founded Arhoolie Records and recalls meeting Mance Lipscomb.