IDFA 1988
Louisiana Story
Robert Flaherty
United States
1948
is the last film made by Robert J. Flaherty. The film, about oil-drilling, was sponsored by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
is centred around a Cajun boy who is confronted with the expanding oil-industry in the paradisal, mysterious marsh area of Louisiana. The film crew consisted of, among others, Richard Leacock and Helen van Dongen, both of whom later became famous.
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