Gumb-Oh! La! La! Presents: Herbert Wiltz: The real Creole experience

Herbert Wiltz embodies the Louisiana Black Creole French experience. The word “Creole” in Louisiana is rife with misconceptions and misguided judgments. Herbert tries to set the record straight with his interpretation which is different from the New Orleans version. This is of particular importance in the series since many outsiders mistakenly associate contemporary French Louisiana with New Orleans. There is very little if any French remaining in New Orleans; however, in the sugar cane fields of St. Martin Parish, the children of the Haitian Revolution mixed in with the French colonists, local Indians, Spanish, and Cajuns continue to define and redefine themselves by more than one word could ever say.

This video is Episode #10 of "Gumb-Oh! La! La!," a thirteen-part French language documentary TV series produced in the year 2000 by Télé-Vision, Ciné-Mundo, and Louisiane à la carte, directed by André Forcier and presented by Marie-Jo Thério.