A rural Cajun community reckons with a 30-year-old double murder in the film “Pointe Noire.”
“Pointe Noire” features Québec film star Roy Dupuis and Myriam Cyr, along with Michael Bienvenu and Zachary Richard.
In the movie, filmmaker and crawfisherman Louis Leger (Roy Dupuis) and criminal defense attorney Dolores Arceneaux (Myriam Cyr) join forces in the Cajun prairie community of Pointe Noire to save the life of Joel Richard (Michael Bienvenu), a falsely accused man on Louisiana’s death row who faces imminent execution.
The murder-mystery movie reflects the life experiences of the couple who wrote and produced the film.
Rebecca Hudsmith, a Shreveport native, served as Federal Public Defender for the Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana until retiring and returning to private practice in December. She has argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court — and won…