This Ain’t No Mouse Music
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1h 32m
Directed by Maureen Gosling and Chris Simon • 2013 • United States
THIS AIN’T NO MOUSE MUSIC! is a vivid portrait of Chris Strachwitz, the obsessive sonic sleuth who founded the legendary music label Arhoolie Records to bring blues, Cajun, Tejano, zydeco, folk, and other forms of American roots music to the world. Taking a hip-shaking stroll from New Orleans to Appalachia, filmmakers Chris Simon and Maureen Gosling come face-to-face with the creators of indigenous music, including King of Zydeco Clifton Chenier, fiddler Michael Doucet, Norteño great Flaco Jiménez, and Cajun outfit the Pine Leaf Boys. Their music is now highly endangered by the merciless steamroller of pop culture, assimilation, and commercialism, which makes Strachwitz’s quest to track down and preserve these artists all the more urgent.
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