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2006 56 min. Color
In the vivid memoir of a 19th century Creole matriarch, and the restoration of her old plantation home, a Louisiana legacy comes to life. Fire stripped the Laura Plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana naked to its beams, bricks and plaster. A team of builders attempts to save the unusual timber-frame design -- a blend of African, French and Native American building styles. As they begin a careful 2 year restoration, the memoir of Laura Locoul Gore opens up a world of slavery and society balls, of race mixing and family bonds, of cruelty, love, and joie de vivre. This full-length documentary film by New Orleans native Jennifer John Block weaves past and present with music by 19th century Creole composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk, as well as original works from Louisiana musicians Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes, Mitch Caponetto, and Adam Kennedy.
Reconstructing Creole
Jennifer John Block, Executive Producer/Director2006 56 min. Color
In the vivid memoir of a 19th century Creole matriarch, and the restoration of her old plantation home, a Louisiana legacy comes to life. Fire stripped the Laura Plantation in Vacherie, Louisiana naked to its beams, bricks and plaster. A team of builders attempts to save the unusual timber-frame design -- a blend of African, French and Native American building styles. As they begin a careful 2 year restoration, the memoir of Laura Locoul Gore opens up a world of slavery and society balls, of race mixing and family bonds, of cruelty, love, and joie de vivre. This full-length documentary film by New Orleans native Jennifer John Block weaves past and present with music by 19th century Creole composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk, as well as original works from Louisiana musicians Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes, Mitch Caponetto, and Adam Kennedy.
LEH 2008 Humanities Documentary Film of the Year
