Episode 17: To Be Learned by Heart... Earlene Broussard - Hosted by Zachary Richard

02:10 - Earlene Broussard plays the role of Grand Mama from the play “C’est p’us pareil” by Richard Guidry;
02:48 - Earlene begins acting as Grand Mama - worried about her child coming home from school crying because she got hit for speaking French;
03:50 - Earlene talks about her childhood. Her mother told her that English was for use at school while French was for use at home;
04:19 - Zach and Earlene talk about identity and if one needs to speak French in order to consider themselves Acadian;
06:04 - Zach talks about the importance of keeping the Louisiana French language alive with groups like the one that Earlene created in Gonzales, LA;
06:48 - Members of the group begin reciting sentences that were created for the class;
08:21 - Earlene explains that if a person cannot read French, it is not really helping the Acadian culture in Louisiana. (Ex. If a grandparent cannot read a French book to their grandchild then that grandchild probably will not learn the language);
09:35 - Earlene and others discuss a short play written by Felix Voorhies in 1891;
10:12 - Théâtre Cadien - goal of the group was to present plays in Cajun French by Cajuns; Footage of script reading;
11:34 - Earlene talks to Zach about how and why she is trying to make a difference in the preservation of French in Louisiana;
12:38 - Zach discusses why Cajun French is dying and what needs to be done to preserve it;
13:38 - Earlene teaches her grand daughter how to speak in Cajun French;
14:15 - She explains that everything should happen within the family;
15:14 - Earlene talks to students in her class at LSU;
17:15 - She talks about liking whenever the students take the class in order to connect with loved ones;
18:00 - Zach explains that not everyone can speak French all the time;
18:52 - Earlene thinks that Louisiana cannot afford to stop speaking French;
20:00 - Zach talks to Earlene about her painting;
21:33 - They talk about when she lived in Bouctouche, New Brunswick;
22:24 - Earlene talks about our ancestors being in our hearts not in physical spaces;