Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1998-02-13

Duration: 00:10:23

Subjects: Documentary films | Independent filmmakers | Traditional medicine

Contributors:

• Collins, Robert Host
• Duhe, Jeff Reporter
• Pitre, Glen Interviewee

This segment from the February 13, 1998, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Jeff Duhe’s preview of the documentary, “Good for What Ails You: Secrets of the Bayou Healers,” which focuses on the work of traiteurs, spiritual healers of Cajun, Creole, and Native American descent in south Louisiana. He interviews filmmaker Glen Pitre. Host: Robert Collins