louisiana

"The intertwining stories of two Louisiana families--three generations of African-American men--and their struggles to make a place for themselves in a country deeply divided in the aftermath of the Civil War and beyond"--Provided by publisher.

In 1892 African-American Homer A. Plessy is involved in an event of civil disobedience, but the United States Supreme Court approved segregation laws as part of life in the South and his case before it lost.

A documentary on the life and times of Huey Long, who became Louisiana's governor and senator. Includes interviews with people who remember Long, both favorably and not so favorably.

Thomas Darko, the last surviving member of the tiny Mosopelea Tribe of the Mississippi Delta, looks back upon his rough-and-tumble life and the changes that Indian people have faced in modern America.

Presents six folktales from southern Louisiana, featuring Lapin the rabbit and Bouki, a coyote or wolf, and some of their animal friends.

Three tales of Compere Lapin who practices his tricks among the Creoles and the Cajuns of the Louisiana bayou.

Examines Chopin's writings exploring the historical, literary, and cultural contexts within which her stories occur and her visionary use of bilingual and bicultural perspectives of characters.

Sissy LeBlanc is fed up with life in Gentry, Louisiana, and dreams that a handsome young man will sweep her off her feet and rescue her from her dreary existance, but she has always vowed to stay faithful to her husband, which is why, up until now, it has only been a fantasy, but when her high school sweetheart comes back to town, her iron resolve turns to dust.