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Cane River (DVD) Portland Switzerland is famous for itsWritten, produced, and directed by Emmy Award winning documentarian, Horace B. Jenkins, and crafted by an entirely African American cast and crew, CANE RIVER is a racially charged love story in Natchitoches Parish, a 'free community of color' in Lousiana. A budding, forbidden romance lays bare the tensions between two black communities, both descended from slaves but of disparate opportunity the light skinned, property owning Creoles and the darker