THNOC to Begin Free Sunday Film Series to Celebrate Cajun Culture

Each Sunday in March to Feature a Louisiana Film

WHO: The Historic New Orleans Collection

WHAT: Cajuns on the Silver Screen - a five film series
featuring Louisiana's Acadian heritage



WHEN: Sundays in March at 2:00 p.m.

March 1: Evangeline (1929),
presented by exhibition curator Amanda McFillen



March 8: Dirty Rice (1997),
presented by filmmaker Pat Mire



March 15: Schultze Gets the
Blues (2003), presented by writer Ben Sandmel



March 29: Louisiana Story (1948),
presented by star J. C. Boudreaux



WHERE: THNOC's Williams Research Center

410 Chartres Street, French Quarter



HOW: Free and open to the public. Seating is limited.



WHY: Each Sunday in March, The Collection will present
and discuss a different film on Cajun culture. All films will be shown in
the Boyd Cruise Room of the Williams Research Center, where the exhibition
Evangeline: From Tragic Heroine to Cultural Icon is on display.



All films are free and open to the public.
Seating is limited and reservations may be made by calling (504) 523-4662 or
e-mailing wrc@hnoc.org.



The films, with the exception of Dirty
Rice-PG-13, are rated PG and families are welcome.