Louisiana Story

Louisiana Story
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert J. Flaherty
Written byRobert J. Flaherty
Frances H. Flaherty
Produced byRobert J. Flaherty
StarringJoseph Boudreaux
Lionel Le Blanc
E. Bienvenu
Frank Hardy
Oscar J Yarborough
CinematographyRichard Leacock
Edited byHelen van Dongen
Music byVirgil Thomson
Production
company
Robert Flaherty Productions Inc. for Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey
Distributed byLopert Films
Release date
  • September 28, 1948 (1948-09-28) (New York)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
French

Louisiana Story is a 1948 American black-and-white drama film directed and produced by Robert J. Flaherty. The script was written by Flaherty and his wife Frances H. Flaherty. Although it has historically been represented as a documentary film, the events and characters depicted are fictional. The film was commissioned by the Standard Oil Company to promote its drilling ventures in the Louisiana bayous.

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