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I Went to the Dance (J'ai été au bal)

IFC Center
Thursday, Sep 7, 2023 2:55 PM
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Admission General Admission - $18.00
Admission Child - $15.00
Admission Senior - $15.00

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Co-Director Maureen Gosling in person for Q&A Friday, September 1 and Saturday, September 2 at the 7:10 shows.

New 5K Restoration!

Blank (Burden of Dreams) and Strachwitz’s joyful documentary is the seminal film of the history of the foot-stomping, toe-tapping music of French Southwest Louisiana, featuring interviews with and performances from an amazing roster of Cajun and Zydeco greats: Michael Doucet, BeauSoleil, Clifton Chenier, Queen Ida, Marc and Ann Savoy, D.L. Menard and many more. Newly restored and remastered, this essential chronicle of a unique American subculture looks and sounds better than ever.

"His gaze is never exoticizing, trivializing, or mocking, too earnestly focused as it is on teasing out the lyricism in the endless, inexplicable idiosyncrasies of mortals."-- Cosmo Bjorkenheim, Screen Slate





Film Details
Country:USA
Year:1989
Format:5K Restoration
Running Time:84
Director:Les Blank, Chris Strachwitz, Maureen Gosling
Cast:Michael Doucet
BeauSoleil
Clifton Chenier
Queen Ida
Pull Quote
Pull Quote:"...begins as anthropology and becomes a celebration.”
Publication:The New York Times