The 2025 Louisiana Book Festival will be held on Saturday, November 1.
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Linda Midgett

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As executive producer at LPB, Linda Midgett has been a driving force behind such productions as Ziggy’s Arts Adventure, Safe Haven: Louisiana’s Green Book, and Louisiana Spotlight. The Emmy award-winning Midgett has directed, written and supervised more than 600 hours of programming for networks such as NBC-Universal, the History Channel, Discovery, and National Geographic. Her 2018 independent documentary, Same God, premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and was shown on PBS affiliates nationwide.

 

Schedule

9:15 am to 10:00 am

State Capitol, House Committee Room 6

Why Louisiana Ain’t Mississippi...or Any Place Else!

with Jay Dardenne and Linda Midgett

 

10:15 am to 11:00 am

Cavalier House Books Tent

Book Signing

Why Louisiana Ain't Mississippi...Or Any Place Else!

Louisiana Public Broadcasting is proud to offer the documentary companion book, Why Louisiana Ain’t Mississippi… or Any Place Else!, a collaboration with incredible visual documentarian Carol Highsmith and Jay Dardenne, one of Louisiana’s greatest ambassadors.
Filled with over 250 photos taken by Highsmith documenting the people, the places, and the culture of Louisiana, Why Louisiana Ain’t Mississippi… or Any Place Else! is a visual trip across our state, from New Orleans to Natchitoches. "I've been everywhere in America. I've been to all the states and I love them all, don't get me wrong, but Louisiana just knocks them off the block," says Highsmith. "I mean, it's unbelievable what Louisiana has to offer."