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Dirty Rice

By

Pat Mire

Duration

85 MIN

Language

English

Country

United States

Year

1997

Rain or shine, it’s always good a SOCIOLOGICAL DRAMA about RESILIENCE
Dirty rice
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Synopsis

Returning from the city of New Orleans, where he works as an architect, to his parents’ farm following the death of his father, Louis Daigle (Benjamin Mouton) is drawn back into the life of farming and a relationship with an old flame (Myriam Cyr). But times are hard and the falling value of rice is threatening the farmers’ livelihood.

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Direction

Pat Mire

Pat Mire is an award-winning documentary and feature filmmaker based in Lafayette, Louisiana. Mire’s cultural documentaries have been broadcast nationally on PBS and the Discovery Channel and have won the highest awards in the most prestigious national and international competitions. His documentary won several prizes in national competitions as Margaret Mead Film Festival and Anthropological Film Festival where he won the Prize of excellence.

Editing

Kyle Curry

Cinematographer

Randy Walsh

Cast

Benjamin Mouton
Myriam Cyr
Gerry McGee

Original Title

Dirty Rice