Collection:LPB

Genre: Documentary

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2012-08-13

Duration: 00:55:22

Subjects: History | Military | Politics | Arts | Economy | Environment

Contributors:

• Connick, Harry, Jr. Narrator
• Laudun, Tika Producer
• Godoy, Al Producer
• Crews, Keith Associate Producer
• Richard, C.E. Writer
• Esneault, Mike Composer
• Dardenne, Jay Speaker
• Powell, Lawrence N. Interviewee
• Brinkley, Douglas Interviewee
• Webster, Cidney Interviewee
• Joiner, Gary D. Interviewee
• Cassimere, Raphael, Jr. Interviewee
• Ambrose, Stephen Interviewee
• Thibodeaux, Jacques Interviewee
• Boggs, Lindy Interviewee
• Mann, Robert Interviewee
• Bussie, Victor Interviewee
• Berry, Jason Interviewee
• Simpkins, C.O. Interviewee
• Hall, Ruby Bridges Interviewee
• Triche, Risley "Pappy" Interviewee
• Kimball, Kitty Interviewee
• Spitzer, Nick Interviewee
• White, Michael Interviewee
• Doucet, Michael Interviewee
• Burke, James Lee Interviewee
• Wilcox, James Interviewee
• Ogden, Roger Interviewee
• Folse, John Interviewee
• Jones, Bert Interviewee
• Angelle, Scott Interviewee
• Templet, Paul Interviewee
• Subra, Wilma Interviewee
• Ryan, Donna Interviewee
• Heymsfield, Steven Interviewee
• Stelly, Chris Interviewee
• Mulhearn, Patrick Interviewee
• Joyce, William Interviewee
• Poret, Ory Interviewee
• Coco, Quinn Interviewee
• St. Pe. Kerry Interviewee
• Overton, Ed Interviewee

This documentary from August 13, 2012, focuses on the major events from Louisiana’s first 200 years of statehood. It covers six themes: statehood; military and defense; politics; arts and culture; commerce and industry; and disaster and recovery. It touches on: the Battle of New Orleans; the Civil War; the state’s contributions during World War II, including the Louisiana Maneuvers and the building of the Higgins Boats; Plessy v. Ferguson; the political careers of Huey Long, Earl Long, and Edwin Edwards; civil rights, including school integration; the state’s diverse cultural heritage; Louisiana’s contributions to music, literature, the visual arts, and cuisine; the importance of sports and hunting to the state’s culture; the state’s major industries, including agriculture and the oil and gas industries; the growth of the film industry; the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927; the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; the coastal land loss crisis; and the BP Oil Spill. It includes interviews with: Lawrence N. Powell, historian; Douglas Brinkley, historian; Cidney Webster, National Park Service Ranger at the Chalmette Battlefield; Gary Joiner, historian; Raphael Cassimere, Jr., historian; Stephen Ambrose, historian; Colonel Jacques Thibodeaux of the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Louisiana National Guard; former Congresswoman Lindy Boggs; Robert Mann, author; Victor Bussie, former president of the Louisiana AFL-CIO; Jason Berry, author; C.O. Simpkins, former state legislator; Ruby Bridges Hall, one of four African American girls who integrated the New Orleans Public Schools; Risley “Pappy” Triche, former state legislator; Chief Justice Kitty Kimball of the Louisiana Supreme Court; Nick Spitzer, folklorist and host of “American Routes”; Michael White, jazz musician and historian; Michael Doucet, Cajun musician; James Lee Burke, author; James Wilcox, author; Roger Ogden, founder of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art; Chef John Folse; Bert Jones, former LSU quarterback; Scott Angelle, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources; Paul Templet, former secretary of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality; Wilma Subra, environmental scientist; Dr. Donna Ryan, former clinical researcher at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center; Dr. Steven Heymsfield, executive director at PBRC; Chris Stelly, director of Film and Television with the Louisiana Department of Economic Development; Patrick Mulhearn, president of Louisiana Film and Entertainment Association; William Joyce of Moonbot Studios; Ory Poret, 1927 flood survivor; Quinn Coco, 1927 flood survivor; Kerry St. Pe, director of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program; and Ed Overton, professor emeritus of the LSU Department of Environmental Sciences. Narrator: Harry Connick, Jr.