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'American Epic' at Southern Screen Film Festival

Event Dates: November 12th-13th, 2016

Acadiana Center for the Arts 101 W. Vermilion Street Lafayette, LA Almost a century after they became Cajun music pioneers, Joe and Cleoma Falcon are making history again. The husband-and-wife duo are among the musicians featured in “American Epic,” a heralded, three-part documentary by Robert Redford that is being screened this weekend at the Southern Screen Film Festival in Lafayette. The Lost Bayou Ramblers are featured in the third episode, “The Sessions.” The documentary will be shown on PBS and the BBC in 2017. “American Epic” travels back to 1926, when music scouts with new technology recorded everyday people making music. These records of Cajun, gospel, blues, country and other folk genres allowed Americans to hear their own music for the first time. The diverse sounds laid the foundation for popular music. Tickets to the screening at the Southern Screen Film Festival are $5. Part 1 will be shown at 10 a.m. Saturday; Part 2 at 10 a.m., Sunday; and Part 3 at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Visit southernscreen.org for more information.