Featuring the stories and music of seminal Cajun musicians "Bois Sec" Ardoin and Canray Fontenot, Dry Wood is a short, vibrant documentary portrait of life, food, music and festivity in the Louisiana Delta from the singular Les Blank. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
DirectorsLes Blank, Maureen Gosling
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Includes: God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance, The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins, A Well Spent Life, Spend It All, Dry Wood, Hot Pepper, Always for Pleasure, Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers, Sprout Wings and Fly, In Heaven There Is No Beer?, Gap-Toothed Women, Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana, Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella, The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
