13 March 1972 Factual, Music 41 mins
Another short documentary of "Real Food, Roots Music, and People Full of Passion for what they do!", Spend It All is Les Blank's spirited look at the French-speaking Cajun community of southwest Louisiana. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
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Les Blank's Spend It All Trailer
United States 13 March 1972
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29 March 1965
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02 January 1969
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Take to the streets of New Orleans by horse drawn carriage and visit some of the city's most popular attractions including a stop at Café Dumond, the French Quarter & Jackson Square.
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By Les Blank and Skip Gerson. Get entire film here: A rich portrayal of the lives and music of the French-speaking ...
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One of the great living documentary makers of the modern day Les Blank joins BYOD. After fifty years making incredible docs that showcase the human spirit .
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26 December 1972
Jack White throws a big party at which many of the artists he has produced perform. He has had an eventful life in which he has always remained true to his ideals, first as a footballer, then as a pop singer and then as a producer, even in the face of fierce opposition from others.
17 May 1972
A satire of the welfare society showing the mechanical nature of the elderly care.
21 February 1972
Two con men convince a king that they have woven for him a suit made of magical cloth that only stupid or incompetent people are unable to see.
24 January 1972
A young policeman and a small-time crook are both involved with the same girl.
01 January 1972
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07 April 1972
"A vivid, exciting look at the lives of vulnerable young girls who are hustled into the promised lan"
26 June 1972
The unemployed machinist Alfred "Scheff" Schefczyk moves from Württemberg to West Berlin full of hope, where he finds a job as a transporter.
30 December 1972
After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them defend their business.
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