SWAMP PEOPLE: SEASON ONE

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• Release Year: 2010
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Deep in the heart of Louisana lies America's largest swamp - a million miles of inhospitable bayous, marshes and wetlands where nature rules and humans struggle to tame it. many of it's inhabitants are the hardened descendants of French refugees who were forced out of Canada in the 18th century and settled in this harsh yet majestic environment. Season One of SWAMP PEOPLE takes you on a journey to a hidden world, the bayous and swamplands ao America's southern heartland, where the folks who dwell here live on the fringes of society and are known as Cajuns. Resilient, self-reliant and fiercely independent, the Cajuns of the Atchafalaya Swamp still carry on many of their ancestors' trades and traditions.; HISTORY's SWAMP PEOPLE follows these swampers through a time of year that is crucial to their survival: the 30-day alligator hunting season. At it's core, this is a uniquely American story of a proud and skillful people fighting to maintain a centuries-old way of life in a rapidly moderizing world, despite the many perils and trials that stand in their way.
• Cast: Pat Duke, Troy Landry, Junior Edwards, Bruce Mitchell, R.J. Molinere, Liz Cavalier, Jay Paul Molinere, Willie Edwards, Ron Methvin, Glenn Guist, Joe Lafont, Tommy Chauvin, Jacob Landry, Jeromy Pruitt, Chase Landry, David La Dart, Harlan Hatcher, Troy Broussard, Jessica Cavalier, Terral Evans, Kristi Broussard, Brandon Landry, Theresa Edwards, Mike Kliebert, Randy Edwards, Clint Landry, Justin Choate, Guy Landry, Dougie Acosta, Malcom McQuiston, Marie Lacoste, Holden Landry, Johnny Banks, Roger Rivers, Johny Tenner, Mitchell Guist, Blake McDonald, Austyn Yoches, Tom Candies, Zz Loupe, Duffy Landry, Stacey Molinere, Bernita Landry, Rick Phillips, Nick Payne, Denise Williams, Philip Boag, Matthew Watts
• Director: Denise Williams
• Runtime: 6:50
• Company: National Geographic
• Media Format: Series