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What does it mean to be Cajun or Creole in Louisiana? This documentary tries to find out
by Victoria Dodge
July 17, 2019

It was another hot, humid August day in Eunice. A 12-year-old Nathan Rabalais sat across from his Mawmaw at the restaurant, waiting for their to-go order to make it home before her soap opera started.

Then Mawmaw, without trying, said something profound as they sat inside the local Crispy Cajun.

“Everything is Cajun now. We never called ourselves that," she said.

This was a surprise to Rabalais. To him, his Mawmaw was the most Cajun person in the world, and on that day she declared she wasn’t really at all. 

"Well, what are you?" he asked her.

And without hesitating, she answered: "We are French, because that’s what we spoke. We are just French."

That memory helped to shape Rabalais’ view of his Mawmaw, his family and his identity. And it helps to inform a new documentary he created with his brother, David Rabalais.

“Finding Cajun” explores what it means to be Cajun, poking at questions about culture, race and identity in south Louisiana and what the label has come to mean to many inside and outside of Acadiana.

Read the full article at https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/07/17/louisiana-cajun-french-creole-history-documentary/1549997001/

Learn more about the movie and watch a trailer at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8810658/