Against the Tide (film)
11:00 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006
Webster Hall Auditorium
Admission: free

 

This presentation featured the documentary film produced by Zachary Richard, Barry Jean Ancelet, and Carl Brasseaux and directed by Pat Mire for Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Before the film, there was a brief discussion of the often problematic image of Cajuns and Creoles in previous films. Afterward, there was a brief discussion of this cinematic effort to take control of the storytelling process.

Dr. Barry Jean Ancelet is a professor of folklore and Francophone studies in the Department of Modern Languages, which he currently chairs, at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is a native Louisiana French-speaking Cajun and has given papers and published articles and books on various aspects of Louisiana’s Cajun and Creole cultures and languages. He has a doctorate in Études Créoles (anthropology and linguistics) from the Université de Provence (Aix-Marseille I). Dr. Ancelet is a member of France’s Palmes Académiques and Quebec’s Ordre des Francophones d’Amérique, and hosts the “Rendez-vous des Cadiens,” a weekly live radio show from the Liberty Theater in Eunice, La.