Against the Dying of the Light Jewers described his approach to the film as: The title of the film comes from a villanelle written for his dying father by the twentieth century Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night". Against the Dying of the Light Against the Dying of the Light is a documentary film about the work of the National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales. Consisting of interviews with Welsh directors, actors and public figures about the significance that film (particularly amateur film) has played in their lives, it achieved a limited UK cinema release in 2001. The film
Fais do-do Fais do-do A fais do-do is a Cajun dance party, originating before World War II. According to Mark Humphrey, the parties were named for "the gentle command ('go to sleep') young mothers offered bawling infants." He quotes early Cajun musician Edwin Duhon of the Hackberry Ramblers: "Do-do" itself is a shortening of the French verb "dormir" (to sleep), used primarily in speaking to small children. The phrase is comparable to the American English "beddy-bye", and is embodied in an old French lullaby, a song sung to children when putting them down for the night. Its existence in Cajun culture as