Overview
A musical portrait of New Orleans' street celebrations and unique cultural gumbo in 1977: second-line parades, Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest. Features live music from Professor Longhair, the Wild Tchoupitoulas, the Neville Brothers and more. This glorious, soul-satisfying film is among Blank's special masterworks. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1999.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 2, 1978
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Flower Films
- Cast
- Cyril Neville,Blue Lu Barker,Aaron Neville,Irma Thomas,Art Neville,Charles Neville,Professor Longhair,Kid Thomas Valentine,Allen Toussaint
- Director
- Les Blank
- Producer
- Les Blank
- Cinematography
- Les Blank
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- View on IMDb