Mervine Kahn Legacy accepted by Cinema On the Bayou Film Festival

“The Mervine Kahn Legacy” has been accepted to be shown during the annual Cinema On the Bayou Film Festival being held from Jan. 25 to Feb. 1, 2017.
Bart Wild of Wild productions made the announcement during the monthly meeting of the Acadia Parish Tourist Commission Thursday morning (Dec. 8).
“We’re very excited about this opportunity,” Wild said. “We’ll be submitting to other film festival as well.”
“The Mervine Kahn Legacy, a feature-length documentary, tells the story of how Mervine Kahn, a French-speaking German Jew, settled in Rayne in 1884 and established his namesake general store which grew into a local institution and landmark, eventually affecting everything from farming to music.
The documentary began as an oral history project with interviews of former Mervine Kahn Company employees with the help of students from the USL (now the University of Louisiana - Lafayette).
Two separate documentaries were ultimately developed, which have been merged into one.
This project was begun by the Rayne Historic District Association. Wild Productions became involved when the oral history project grew into a documentary series.
Cinema On the Bayou, Louisiana’s second-oldest film festival, is dedicated to presenting narrative, documentary and animated film and filmmakers with original voices in one of the most unique cultures in the world.
COTB also is committed to promoting both established and emerging filmmakers and the relationship-building that is crucial to their continued work.