CRIS SUR LE BAYOU

They love Tabasco and shrimp. They speak French. They are mostly lazy idiots. What we know about the Cajuns is generally reduced to base stereotypes, both here and in the United States. Travelling to Louisiana as “an innocent,” Danic Champoux (Mom et Moi, Autoportrait sans moi) discovers a living, vibrant culture, lived entirely in French, and very different from the cheesy folklore peddled by conventional wisdom and movies. With Troy Landry (star of the television series Swamp People), linguist Barry Ancelet and his neighbour, Zachary Richard, and venturing into the heart of the legendary Mardi gras, Cris sur le bayou celebrates the culture and all its subtleties and complexities.