Orson Welles filmed an ambitious film of Brazil, much of which has been lost. This is a piece of it, on raft fishermen in the north, set to music by the immortal Dorival Caymmi. I have always been captivated by the look of these jangadas, with their sails. Axé.
Another documentary has been made about Mardi Gras Indians, We Love Big Chief! — filmed over Mardi Gras, 2011, by Gilles Riberolles. I missed the screening because I do not live in town. Everything was different before the storm. John Sinclair, who presented the film, was one of the people who still lived in town … More Indians!
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This is more or less where I stood for Bacchus, and the long float is the Bacchagator. I love the torchlit night parades, with knights on horseback and everyone so well masked that they look like magical beings. Axé.
This Mardi Gras the marching bands were really in form and one of the best is from Southern University in Baton Rouge. There they are under the bridge in Zulu, and here they are in the same key place in Bacchus, Sunday night. Under the bridge is the best audience, and it is so exciting … More Southern University Marching Band
This is a film I should see for the music and so as to be able to comment upon the representation of Louisiana – hard to do on film in a non caricatured way – but it is also surely a film which would fill me with angst. On a related note it seems I … More Ry Cooder
Here is a whole documentary on Montreal hip hop. Axé.
After the horses came in, Steve Riley played. Then, Geno Delafose. Axé.
The St. Augustine High School Marching 100 on Napoleon Avenue, New Orleans, 19 February 2012. Axé.
Here are the Mardi Gras riders coming into Eunice, LA today. Axé.
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