The Roxie will show 'I Went to the Dance.'
‘I Went to the Dance” tells the story of Cajun and zydeco music, the down-to-earth, toe-tapping music of French Louisiana. Made by three revered filmmakers and filled with exuberant performances, the documentary, unseen in theaters since 1989, returns to the big screen in San Francisco this week, newly restored.
Expanding on Blank’s shorter works, the 84-minute documentary presents a full-scale picture of Southwestern Louisiana’s music and culture.She cites recordings from Strachwitz’s “astounding record collections of old records from the 1920s and 1930s,” along with performance footage, interviews, and photographs as among the elements she wove together when editing the movie more than 30 years ago.
A difference is that Cajun music was created by white musicians, including French Canadians forced to leave Nova Scotia. Zydeco is the music of Black French Creoles, and it reflects Afro-Caribbean and African American influences. Ex // Top Stories SFPD standoff near high school ends with armed man's arrest The man locked himself inside a vehicle near Jefferson Square, setting in motion an hourslong standoff
Asked for her thoughts about the state of Cajun and zydeco music today, Savoy expresses sadness over what she describes as an erosion of the French component.“The beautiful form of the French language is getting lost.”
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