A musical portrait of Zydeco King Clifton Chenier, who combines the pulsating rhythms of Cajun dance music and black R&B with African overtones, belting out his irresistible music in the sweaty juke joints of South Louisiana.

Humorist Roy Blount Jr. takes viewers on a journey down the Mississippi River, showcasing everything...

Born on Halloween, 1935, Dale Brown's fight for justice began the day his father walked out - two da...

Head to southern Louisiana with filmmaker Matthew Wilkinson to soak up one of the country's best-kep...

What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on ...

On August 29, 2005, Rockey Vaccarella rode out Hurricane Katrina on his roof by holding on to a rope...

The film "Hurricane on the Bayou" is about the wetlands of Louisiana before and after Hurricane Katr...

In 2019 Mississippi spring flooding hits record highs. Residents of Pierre-Part, Louisiana, prepare ...

HBO Documentary Films Presents the story of the effort to save the 895th surviving oiled pelican in ...

The definitive film on the history of the toe-tapping, foot-stomping music of French Southwest Louis...

The life story of Pulitzer Prize winning author John Kennedy Toole as told by friends and colleagues...

A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.

Ken Burns' portrait of Louisiana governor and U.S. senator Huey Long.

The Atchafalaya is a mysterious land, as much underwater as above. Its lush environment is home to a...

The life and times of the most original American singer/ songwriter of the last 50 years.

Once every decade in a small Colombian village, musicians engage in a fierce battle for the title of...

From the camera of celebrated French documentarians Jean-Pierre Bruneau and Jose Reynes, and in the ...

At the Covenant House, located on the outskirts of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana, the...

Phillis Wheatley Elementary School was a significant landmark in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orlea...

Bad Boy of Bonsai is an experimental art-house documentary that focuses on Guy Guidry, a Louisiana l...

Another short documentary of "Real Food, Roots Music, and People Full of Passion for what they do!",...