Les Blank was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians.
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A musical portrait of Texas bluesman 'Lightnin' Hopkins. The film includes interviews and a performa...
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Les Blank's poetic documentation of 1967's Los Angeles Easter Sunday Love-In. Preserved by the Acad...
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Another short documentary of "Real Food, Roots Music, and People Full of Passion for what they do!",...
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A musical portrait of Zydeco King Clifton Chenier, who combines the pulsating rhythms of Cajun dance...
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Les Blank's first feature-length documentary captures music and other events at Leon Russell's Oklah...
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A complex, insightful look at the Chicano experience as mirrored in the lives and music of the most ...
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A musical portrait of New Orleans' street celebrations and unique cultural gumbo in 1977: second-lin...
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A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the history, ...
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The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director We...
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Set in the North Carolina Appalachians, Sprout Wings and Fly honors the fiddle playing of 82-year-ol...
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A joyous romp through the dance, food, music, friendship, and even religion of the Polka. The explos...
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A charming valentine to women born with a space between their teeth, ranging from lighthearted whims...
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Directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog living up to his promise...
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Les Blank marries his passion for spicy, down home food and his love for Cajuns and Creoles in this ...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists (1995) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 2 | Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella (1995) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 3 | Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of the Cajun and Creole Cooking of Louisiana (1990) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 4 | Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1988) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 5 | Gap-Toothed Women (1987) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 6 | In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 7 | Sprout Wings and Fly (1983) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
| 8 | Burden of Dreams (1982) | Director / Writer | 7.7 | |
| 9 | Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 10 | Always for Pleasure (1978) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 11 | Chulas Fronteras (1976) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 12 | A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 13 | Hot Pepper (1973) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
| 14 | Dry Wood (1973) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 15 | Spend It All (1972) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 16 | A Well Spent Life (1971) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 17 | The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1968) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
| 18 | God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance (1968) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 19 | Strike! (1961) | Director / Writer | 4 |

