• I Went to the Dance

  • I Went to the Dance

  • Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking



I Went to the Dance

(J’ai été au bal)

Les Blank, Chris Strachwitz, Maureen Gosling
United States, 1989

Digital Restoration

In Conversation

  • Maureen Gosling
  • Suzy Thompson

    Suzy Thompson is a musician specializing in Southern old-time, Cajun, blues, and fiddle tunes. She and Eric Thompson helped found and recorded with the award-winning California Cajun Orchestra.

  • Eric Thompson

    Eric Thompson is a guitarist who, along with Suzy Thompson, has worked with notable Cajun musicians, including Ann Savoy, Blake Miller, and Jimmy Breaux. 

This exuberant film on the history of the foot-stomping, toe-tapping music of southwest Louisiana features many Cajun and zydeco greats: BeauSoleil, Clifton Chenier, Michael Doucet, Canray Fontenot, and Marc and Ann Savoy. The film brims with tender affection for its subjects, the vitality of their marvelous music, and generosity of spirit.

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • Color
  • DCP
  • 84 mins
Source
  • Argot Pictures
Preceded By

Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking

Les Blank, Maureen Gosling, United States, 1990

Yum, Yum, Yum! explores the marriage of food and music that keeps the Cajun and Creole cultures of southern Louisiana “cooking with gas.” The focus is on musician, accordion builder, and Cajun cook Marc Savoy, accompanied by Ann Savoy, with food and music by “Queen” Ida Guillory and others.

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • Color
  • DCP
  • 31 mins
source
  • Janus Films

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