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The Louisiana Roots of Rise of the Guardiansnew

Will Coviello on the storytellers behind an Oscar-winning Shreveport startup
Beasts of the Southern Wildnew

The Louisiana-shot film that's burning up the world's film festivals.
Girls on Filmnew

Richard Day's 2003 film Girls Will Be Girls is the definition of a cult movie: for every repulsed critic, there's an equally obsessed fan.
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Post-'K-Ville'new
New Orleans could get a proper prime-time spotlight with David Simon's Treme, whose pilot shoot wrapped earlier this month. Now all HBO needs to say is "go."
Can 'Trouble the Water' Wrangle an Oscar from 'Man on Wire'?new

Regardless of who takes the gold on Sunday, Carl Deal feels his film's influence on the discussion about Katrina -- specifically, its first-person commentary on how governments prioritize and interact with the people they are supposed to serve -- is victory enough.