“Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, a Dominican Brother, was an impassioned critic of conquistador cruelty towards the Indigenous peoples.  He argued for their rights before the Spanish royal court and in many of his writings.  In this video, the multilingual actor Viggo Mortensen reads from las Casas' writings concerning the description of an auto da fé directed against Indians who refused to accept Christianity.” 

THE RAGTIME REGIONAL STYLES (with english subtitles)

TINARIWEN - TNC

AFRICAN AMERICAN CREOLE  FRANCOPHONE

JEUNE FILLE (Young lady)

JEUNE HOMME BRUN  (Young Cajun man)

TROIS FRANCOPHONES LOUISIANAIS (Three Louisiana French Speakers)