Film reviewers Siskel and Ebert gave “Belizaire the Cajun” two thumbs up upon its release in 1986. Ebert called it “a wonderful movie.”
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Special Collections at Edith Garland Dupré Library is also a fan, which is why it plans to examine the film – and its cultural significance – as part of a free screening at 6 p.m. Thursday in Oliver Hall on campus.
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