Yeah You Rite!
★ 8 · 1985 · 28m · Documentary
This award winning film is a fast paced, humorous look at the colorful way the residents of New Orleans express themselves - why they talk the way they do, where the words come from, and what it means to talk with a New Orleans accent.
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