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Dirty Rice
By
Pat MireDuration
85 MIN
Language
English
Country
United States
Year
1997
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.
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