Louisiana Story
1948 film by Robert J. Flaherty / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Louisiana Story is a 1948 American black-and-white drama film directed and produced by Robert J. Flaherty. Its script was written by Frances H. Flaherty and Robert J. Flaherty. Although it has historically been represented as a documentary film, the events and characters depicted are fictional. There is not enough factual or educational material in the film to warrant classifying it as docufiction. The film was commissioned by the Standard Oil Company to promote its drilling ventures in the Louisiana bayous.
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Directed by | Robert J. Flaherty |
Written by | Robert J. Flaherty Frances H. Flaherty |
Produced by | Robert J. Flaherty |
Starring | Joseph Boudreaux Lionel Le Blanc E. Bienvenu Frank Hardy Oscar J Yarborough |
Cinematography | Richard Leacock |
Edited by | Helen van Dongen |
Music by | Virgil Thomson |
Production company | Robert Flaherty Productions Inc. for Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey |
Distributed by | Lopert Films |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | English French |
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