Good For What Ails You: Secrets of the Bayou Healers

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Program
Good For What Ails You: Secrets of the Bayou Healers
Producing Organization
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Cote Blanche Productions
Contributing Organization
Louisiana Public Broadcasting (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/17-14nkb4pj
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Description
Description
Even today, on the Louisiana bayous, alligator grease relieves asthma, a buried potato cures warts, and "smoking a baby" eases the pains of colic. Enter this distinctive tradition of faith healing, herbal remedy, and ritual magic as this documentary follows respected "traiteurs" to gather wild teas, brew homemade cough syrup, invoke the saints at home altars, and most of all, heal the sick. The companion Web site features profiles of "traiteurs" featured in the program, a comprehensive bibliography and a study guide.
Asset type
Program
Genres
Documentary
Rights
Louisiana Educational Television Authority/Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Restricted Use. For permission or licensing information contact: comments@lpb.org
Media type
Moving Image
Credits
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Copyright Holder: Cote Blanche Productions
Producer: Pitre, Glen
Producer: Falgoust, Nicole
Producing Organization: Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Producing Organization: Cote Blanche Productions
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LPBLC85 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: Betacam: SP
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:56:57
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: B1564 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: Betacam: SP
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:56:57
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: B1564A (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: Betacam: SP
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:57:00
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: IM1078 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: MPEG IMX
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:56:32
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: XD302/1 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: XDCAM
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:56:48
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LGOAI-01 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: Betacam
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:56:57
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LGOAI-02 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: Betacam
Generation: Master
Duration: 01:30:00
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LGOAI-03 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: Betacam: SP
Generation: Master
Duration: 01:00:00
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: LGOAI-04 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: Betacam: SP
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:56:57
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Citations
Chicago: “Good For What Ails You: Secrets of the Bayou Healers,” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 3, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-14nkb4pj.
MLA: “Good For What Ails You: Secrets of the Bayou Healers.” Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 3, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-14nkb4pj>.
APA: Good For What Ails You: Secrets of the Bayou Healers. Boston, MA: Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-14nkb4pj