Students and young professionals from North and South America and the Caribbean participated in “Université d’été” that covered topics relevant to French-speakers of the Americas.
UL Lafayette filmmaker Rabalais âFinding Cajunâ to air on LPB Wednesday
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The University of Louisiana at Lafayetteâs Dr. Nathan Rabalaisâ film âFinding Cajunâ will air on Louisiana Public Broadcasting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10. The one-hour documentary examines Cajun identity.
and last updated 2021-03-10 10:45:20-05
By UL Lafayette Office of Communications and Marketing
The University of Louisiana at Lafayetteâs Dr. Nathan Rabalaisâ one-hour documentary film âFinding Cajunâ will be televised by Louisiana Public Broadcasting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10.
Rabalais, who wrote and directed the documentary, interviewed academics, historians, sociologists and musicians who discuss language, culture and race in the context of a much-debated topic â Cajun identity.
LPB to premiere new documentary film on Cajun identity
Wednesday, March 10 at 7:00 pm
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
and last updated 2021-03-02 13:01:14-05
Louisiana Public Broadcasting will premiere a new documentary film focusing on the origin and evolution of the Cajun identity.
The film, Finding Cajun, was directed by Nathan Rabalais and will look at how Cajuns compare to the present-day Acadians in maritime Canada, a community that is supposedly at the historical root of Cajun ethnicity.
The film also explores how cultural and racial labels in Louisiana have shifted, especially over the past 70 years, and considers the stakes of maintaining (or losing) heritage languages in the United States.