French Tables of Mavis Arnaud Fruge (2024)
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2024-05-31
Duration: 00:05:12
Subjects: French language
Contributors:
- LeBlanc, Karen Host
- Fruge, Mavis Arnaud Interviewee
- Smythe, Lindsay Speaker
Description
This segment from the May 31, 2024, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Karen LeBlanc’s profile of Mavis Arnaud Fruge, a Louisiana French language advocate in Arnaudville. She discusses: the plans for a French immersion school in Arnaudville; the community’s efforts to revive heritage crafts; Louisiana French; and her French tables. LeBlanc’s report also includes highlights from the Arnaudville premiere of “Mavis: One Simple Sentence,” a documentary by the Bill Rodman Production Shoppe, including a comment by Lindsay Smythe, the principal of Ecole St. Landry French Immersion Charter School.