Louisiana documentary named CBI best in nation

"McCrea 1971: Louisiana's Forgotten Rock Festival," produced by former students and now Southeastern graduates Nick Brilleaux of Hammond and Scott Caro of Mandeville, won first place in the "Best Documentary/Public Affairs" category at the 2014 College Broadcasters' National Student Production Awards convention in Seattle.

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McCrea 1971 wins international awards

McCrea 1971 wins international awards

HAMMOND – A Southeastern Louisiana University student-produced documentary has won a pair of international television and film awards.

"McCrea 1971: Louisiana's Forgotten Rock Festival," produced by former students and now graduates Nick Brilleaux of Hammond and Scott Caro of Mandeville, won both a Telly Award and a Gold Remi Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival recently.

 

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Fox to feature film on 1971 music festival

It was called a “Celebration of Life,” but it is remembered by most for its mud, mosquitoes, violence and death.

The music festival between a levee and the Atchafalaya River in the Pointe Coupee community of McCrea was supposed to be an 8-day “Louisiana Woodstock” or the “Woodstock of the South.” It was supposed to have 70-plus national and international acts. Instead, only 10 acts showed up, four people died, over 100 people were arrested for illegal drugs and the festival shut down after only three days in June 1971.

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Celebration of Life – The Forgotten Festival

A quick primer of well-known music festivals from the late 1960′s/early 1970′s might looks something like this –Monterey Pop, Woodstock, Altamont, Summer Jam and the Atlanta International Pop Festival. Much like today’s saturated festival landscape though, there were dozens of fests that didn’t quite have the cultural impact – for better or worse – as the ones mentioned.

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