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Documentaries by Les Blank

A Well Spent Life

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  • Dry Wood

    Directed by Les Blank • 1973 • United States

    A portrait of black Creole life in the Louisiana Delta.

  • Hot Pepper

    Directed by Les Blank • 1973 • United States

    A companion piece to DRY WOOD that was filmed simultaneously, this is an energetic portrait of the Grammy-winning Creole musician Clifton Chenier, a.k.a. the King of Zydeco. HOT PEPPER brings viewers into the Louisiana juke joints where Chenier plays ...

  • A Poem Is a Naked Person

    Directed by Les Blank • 1974 • United States

    Les Blank considered this free-form feature documentary about beloved singer-songwriter Leon Russell, filmed between 1972 and 1974, to be one of his greatest accomplishments. Yet it has not been released until now. Hired by Russell to film him at his ...