In the year 2011, there are still plenty of people around who saw James Booker and Professor Longhair perform on multiple occasions, or who caught the Dirty Dozen 20 times at the Glass House. But not many in this group has the writing chops to equal Michael Oliver-Goodwin. Oliver-Goodwin has been an accomplished journalist for [...]
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Ponderosa Stomp’s Clandestine Celluloid Film Series Screening James Booker Documentary
September 21, 2010 – 9:56 am
[UPDATED] The Ponderosa Stomp has been educating and entertaining fans for nine years, and in that time it has spawned not only a music history conference, but also a film series. The Stomp’s Clandestine Celluloid Film Series takes place Friday, September 24 and Saturday September 25 at One Eyed Jacks. The films shown are rarely seen [...]
Les Blank’s Films at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art
March 19, 2010 – 8:22 am
American documentary filmmaker and our March issue Backtalk subject, Les Blank, returns to New Orleans this weekend to showcase some of his films at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Blank, a Tulane alumnus, was authored more than 40 films in his career, many of which focus on subjects from the South. The Ogden has [...]
Les Blank
March 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
Documentary filmmaker Les Blank has spent much of his life in Louisiana, whether attending university here at Tulane, working as second camera shooting Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider, or capturing communities outside of the American mainstream that had music at their hearts. He shot a series of films on Cajun, Creole and zydeco including 1973’s Dry [...]
