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The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Robert Flaherty Productions Inc., Standard Oil
Keywords
- propaganda
- alligator
- louisiana
- bayou
- oil spill
- docudrama
- teenage boy
- oil industry
- cajun
- raccoon
- drilling for oil
- 1940s
- corporate propaganda
- docufiction
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Top Cast
Joseph Boudreaux as The Boy
Lionel Le Blanc as His Father
E. Bienvenu as His Mother
Frank Hardy as The Driller
C.P. Guedry as His Boilerman
Top Crew
Robert Flaherty · Director, Story
Frances H. Flaherty · Story
Virgil Thomson · Composer
Richard Leacock · Cinematographer
Helen van Dongen · Editor
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