Bon Soir Mes Amis · Franco American Digital Archives · Franco American Digital Archives

Contributing Institution: Northeast Historic Film
View at Contributing Institution: https://oldfilm.org/collection/Detail/occurrences/11341
Digitization Status: Not Digitized / Non numérisé(e)
Identifier/Call Number: 834
Collection/Part of: Huey Collection
Title: en Bon Soir Mes Amis
Description: en Film about the music of Lionel 'Toots' Bouthot, keyboard and guitar player, and Ben Guillemette, fiddler. Franco-American musicians from Maine, includes footage of dances and festivals. They talk about their cultural background, how they came to play music, and about their partnership, which breaks up during the shooting of the film. Includes French and English language singing, line dancing with senior citizens in a community center, square dancing in a gym, the Lowell, Mass., folk festival, La Kermesse Franco-Americaine in Biddeford, Me., and the Festival of American Folklife in Washington, D.C.
Author/Creator: Coleman, James J. (Huey)
Date(s): 1990
Genre: en moving images
Topic & Theme: Arts and Creativity/Arts et créativité; Film and Television/Cinéma et télévision; Music/Musique
Geography: Biddeford ME; Lowell MA; Sanford ME; Washington D.C.
familyName: Bouthot; Guillemette
Source Language: English; French
Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH): Franco-Americans
Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière (RVM): Franco-américains
Copyright Statement and Conditions governing use: Authorization to reuse and/or reproduce must be obtained from Northeast Historic Film. See http://oldfilm.org/content/stock-footage-licensing for more information.
Conditions Governing Access: The Collection is open for research.
Existence and Location of Originals: Northeast Historic Film, PO Box 900, 85 Main Street, Bucksport, Maine 04416
Biography, Administrative History and Provenance: en Huey Collection contains documentaries and factual works. Huey (James J. Coleman) is an independent film/video maker based in Portland. He began teaching film animation and video in the Maine Touring Arts Program in 1976, and has regularly directed the Maine Student Film/Video Festival....Original "Bonsoir" footage was shot on super 8 mm. film and videotape.
Extent: VHS; 30 min.; Sound; Color
Recommended Citation: Bon Soir Mes Amis. Huey Collection, Northeast Historic Film.
State/Province: Maine
Country: United States

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