Directed by Nick Spitzer • 1984 • United States

Shot in rural French-speaking Louisiana, this vibrant ethnographic portrait of zydeco’s beloved musical families explores their Creole identities through engaging footage of them at home, in local clubs, at work, and running Mardi Gras. Featuring performances and interviews with musicians like the Carrière Brothers, Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin, John Delafose, and Delton Broussard, ZYDECO is an invaluable record of a vital and increasingly marginalized musical tradition that fuses elements of Cajun, Caribbean, and blues styles into foot-stomping joy.