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Plaquemines Parish
Belle Chasse, Boothville, Buras, Empire, Myrtle Grove, Phoenix, Pilottown, Pointe a la Hache (Parish Seat), Port Sulphur, Venice

History
The name "Plaquemines" comes from a Native American word, piakimin, meaning persimmon. It was first used to name an old military post on the banks of the Mississippi
which was surrounded by a large number of persimmon trees.
Eventually the name was applied to the entire parish.

 

1946

Swamp Fire - Dir: Pine; Cast: Weissmuller, Crabbe. Drama filmed in New Orleans and at Pilot Town.  

1966

Hurricane Named Betsy - Dir: Cuchiara. Narrator: Fred Collins. A documentary on Hurricane Betsy presented by Department of Defense - Office of Civil Defense partially filmed in New Orleans, Grand Isle, Baton Rouge, St. Bernard, and Plaquemine.

1973

Live and Let Die - Dir: Hamilton; Cast: Moore, Seymour.  Action adventure filmed throughout Louisiana, including:  Baldwin Estate, Southern Yacht Club, New Orleans, Treadway Estates and Irish Bayou-Slidell, Lake Pontchartrain, Kenner, and Phoenix. 

1982

Ends of the Earth: Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.  Dir: Alvarez, Kolker.  Documentary of the Perez family filmed in Plaquemines Parish.

2005

Deconstructed Cities, Part 2: London - Dir: White-Sobieski. Short history partially filmed in New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish and Plaquemines Parish.

2007

Don't Eat The Baby: Adv. At Post-Katrina Mardi Gras - Dir: Berger; Cast:  Hardy, Kern.  Documentary filmed in post-Katrina New Orleans and Plaquemines Parish.

2008

Surviving Sharks - Dir: Gurney. TV documentary about shark attacks partially filmed in Venice.

2009

Fish the World - Dir: Henry. Sports documentary about fishing techniques throughout the world partially filmed in Barataria Bay.

Summer of the Sharks - Dir: Armstrong. Documentary that explores shark divers partially filmed in Venice.

2010

After the Spill: The Last Catch - Dir: Stack, Weinfield; TV movie documentary about Venice after the oil spill filmed in Venice and southern Louisiana.

2012

Dirty Energy - Dir: Hopkins. Documentary about the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion filmed in Grand Isle, Venice and New Orleans.

Lucky One, The - Dir: Hicks; Efron, Schilling. Drama filmed in New Orleans at Union Passenger Terminal, St. Bernard at the port and Creedmoor Plantation, Covington at Christ Episcopal School, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at Abita Springs, Houmas House Plantation and Port Eads Lighthouse in Plaquemine.

2014

Damascus - Dir: Johnson; Cast: Avallone, Juneau. Short sci/fi filmed in Belle Chase.

Wicked Blood - Dir: Young; Cast: Breslin, Bean. Straight to video action thriller filmed in Plaquemine Parish.

2015

Paratus 14:50 - Dir: Smith. Documentary about the effects of Hurricane Katrina partially filmed in Buras, Port Sulphur and New Orleans.

Screening Gone Bad - Dir: Johnson; Cast: Rossi, Harding. Short comedy filmed in Belle Chase.

2016

Night Without Armor, A - Dir: Alexander; Cast: Fishel, Binkley. Drama romance filmed in Buras and around south Louisiana.

Vanishing America - Dir: Malkoff; TV documentary about vanishing cities partially filmed in Braithwaite.

 

 

 


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