Hot Pepper And Dry Wood: Docs From Les Blank

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Date/Time: 
Monday, December 14, 2009 - 10:00pm
Host: 
Music Monday

Rated NR; 96min; Director:Les Blank (1973)
Alamo Website:  Music Monday celebrates the documentary genius of Les Blank with this pair of short docs covering the musical masterpieces of the American South!

HOT PEPPER is a thrilling portrait of Zydeco King Clifton Chenier, who combines the pulsating rhythms of Cajun dance music and black R&B with African overtones, belting out his irresistible music in the sweaty juke joints of South Louisiana.

DRY WOOD is a fascinating look at black Creole life in French Louisiana, held together by the wild, insistent music of Bois-Sec Ardoin and Canray Fontenot. As with all of Blank's films, the stories told are more palpably real and alive than anything else captured on camera. Do not miss