southcoastukes
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I thought there was already a thread with this title, as we have "What are you Listening To" & "What are you Reading". But a search turned up nothing, and folks do watch films and television, so it seems this should draw some interest from fellow Ukulele lovers.
I'll start out with a film I stumbled on recently. I actually might have been able to put it in the "Listening To" thread since so much of it is music.
It's called "Biguine 2004"; Biguine being a music of Martinique. But it's not set in 2004; it starts in 1873 in Martinique in a place called Saint Pierre. As soon as I saw that name in the beginning, I thought to myself: "Oh non, dat place no existe no moah"! And the end of Saint Pierre is the end of the film.
It's in French and there aren't any subtitles. Watching this made me realize that the French of my youth is really gone. But as I said, much of it is music, and the plot is very simple and straightforward: folks from the country who come to town and are instrumental in the beginning of a new music form. You don't need French at all to follow what's happening.
And this is a story that could have been set in Haiti with Meringue or here in New Orleans with Dixieland Jazz. The history and timelines are almost identical and the music is similar as well.
You would think that a film like this would have been made already here in New Orleans. Give it to the French for investing in their cultural history (Martinique is part of France). And invest they did; would love to know where it was shot, as there is no Saint Pierre now.
Great music, excellent performances by the actor/musicians. Give it a look:
I'll start out with a film I stumbled on recently. I actually might have been able to put it in the "Listening To" thread since so much of it is music.
It's called "Biguine 2004"; Biguine being a music of Martinique. But it's not set in 2004; it starts in 1873 in Martinique in a place called Saint Pierre. As soon as I saw that name in the beginning, I thought to myself: "Oh non, dat place no existe no moah"! And the end of Saint Pierre is the end of the film.
It's in French and there aren't any subtitles. Watching this made me realize that the French of my youth is really gone. But as I said, much of it is music, and the plot is very simple and straightforward: folks from the country who come to town and are instrumental in the beginning of a new music form. You don't need French at all to follow what's happening.
And this is a story that could have been set in Haiti with Meringue or here in New Orleans with Dixieland Jazz. The history and timelines are almost identical and the music is similar as well.
You would think that a film like this would have been made already here in New Orleans. Give it to the French for investing in their cultural history (Martinique is part of France). And invest they did; would love to know where it was shot, as there is no Saint Pierre now.
Great music, excellent performances by the actor/musicians. Give it a look:
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