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What Was Filmed At Oak Alley Plantation. Family fun from new orleans to baton rouge. If you happen to be in nola, this is such a cool place to see. (submissions due by 11:59 pm (cst), january 5) Between new orleans and baton rouge, on the banks of the mississippi river, lies oak alley plantation, in its day called �the grande dame of the great river road�.
Oak alley plantation, on the great river road between new orleans and baton rouge, is on the national historic register and is a popular movie setting. The oak alley antebellum plantation exhibits provide a look into the lives of slaves, including healthcare, punishment, and life after emancipation. Oak alley foundation�s research and collections department is dedicated to understanding the site’s history, preserving objects from that history and sharing both with the public. As our foundation mission states, we exist, “for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the state of louisiana, the united states and the public generally.” Louisiana plantation�s are reckoning with their racist past. In addition, the tv miniseries, “the long hot summer,” was partially filmed at oak alley plantation.
Louisiana plantation�s are reckoning with their racist past.
In addition, the tv miniseries, “the long hot summer,” was partially filmed at oak alley plantation. An inside look at louisiana�s river road plantations. Among its buildings are a school house, slave quarters, and ruins of a sugar mill. The former sugar plantation is the largest most intact 19th century sugar plantation in the country. The oak alley plantation about an hour’s drive from new orleans, it’s where beyonce filmed her deja vu video, and, most famously, it was once known as the bon séjour plantation and was home to valcour aime, aka the ‘king of sugar’. Interview with the vampire, adapted from a novel by anne rice, used oak alley plantation as the home of the two main vampires.