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Deep Dive: Belle River (2022)

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Belle River
Belle River is a 2022 Canadian short documentary film directed by Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, and Yannick Nolin. It is the third film in a trilogy about Cajun culture in Louisiana, following Let the Good Times Roll in 2017 and Acadiana in 2019. The film focuses on the residents of Pierre Part as they face the threat of flooding due to the potential opening of the Morganza Spillway during the Mississippi River floods of 2019. The film premiered at the 2022 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and had its North American premiere at SXSW. It was later screened at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the DOXA Documentary Film Festival. Belle River was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022 and was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023.

Why Watch

  • •Meet the residents of Pierre Part, Louisiana.
  • •Find out about the Morganza Spillway threat.
  • •See the impact of the 2019 Mississippi River floods.

Did You Know

•Belle River is the third film in a trilogy about Cajun culture.
•The film was screened at four major film festivals in 2022.
•It was named to Canada's Top Ten list for 2022 by TIFF.
•The film has a runtime of 11 minutes.

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Cajun culture enthusiastsShort documentary fansLouisiana history buffs