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Although French, Degas had a substantial chunk of family in Louisiana. Ripe for a change of scenery, Degas eagerly agreed to accompany his brother Rene, newly established as a New Orleans cotton merchant, back to the New World in 1872. A transatlantic passage and a snaky voyage through the eastern United States dropped the Degas brothers at the New Orleans train station, where Edgar Degas met his cousins, the Mussons, for the first time, Rene, who had married a Musson daughter, had warned the family to expect a "g-r-r-r-eat artist," but Degas was cousin first...
...With indictments for alleged gambling fraud looming, DeBartolo resigned Tuesday as head of Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. and its subsidiaries, one of which is the San Francisco 49ers football team he has stewarded to five Super Bowl titles. At issue is DeBartolo's role in the financing of a Louisiana casino with former governor Edwin Edwards, who has received word of his own indictments, though the colorful politician says: "I still don't know what...
Samuel L. Jackson produces and stars in this gothic tale of infidelity and voodoo in the Louisiana bayou but graciously hands the story over to the lesser known actresses surrounding him, including Debbi Morgan as a haunted clairvoyant and Jurnee Smollett as his precocious daughter. Director and writer Kasi Lemmons, herself an actress, demonstrates impressive maturity in this dark, hypnotic film...
Samuel L. Jackson produces and stars in a gothic tale of infidelity and voodoo in the Louisiana bayous, but graciously hands the story to the the film's lesser known actresses, including Debbi Morgan as a clairvoyant haunted by her powers and Jurnee Smollett as his precocious daughter. Director and writer Kasi Lemmons, herself an actress, demonstrates a distinct maturity in this dark, hypnotic tale...
...father is Louis Batiste (Samuel L. Jackson, who also produced the film), a moderately successful colored doctor releated to the isolated Louisiana bayou. It is the who must die, yet to view the story in the context of the inevitable death does an injustice to the film. There are larger forces at work and greater issues that elevate the film above the presupposed tragedy...