Summary
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.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 74GoodWatch 74
IMDb7.4
Running time
58 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −38 min on the typical 96
typical 9658Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
1978
May 2, 1978
48 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryMusicLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 2 more9 people
- KTKid Thomas ValentineSelf - Band Leader, Trumpet Player
- Allen ToussaintSelf - Composer, Arranger, Pianist
- BLBlue Lu BarkerSelf - Jazz Singer
- Irma ThomasSelf - R&B Singer
- PLProfessor LonghairSelf
- Aaron NevilleSelf - The Neville Brothers
- ANArt NevilleSelf - The Neville Brothers
- Charles NevilleSelf - The Neville Brothers
- Cyril NevilleSelf - The Neville Brothers
Directing · 1
- Les Blank Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Production · 1
- Maureen Gosling Production Manager, Additional Photography, Additional Editing, Sound
Art · 1
- Bruce Brice Painter
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