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Always for pleasure

Title
Always for pleasure [videorecording] / Flower Films ; produced, directed, photographed and edited by Les Blank.
Publication
El Cerrito, CA : Flower Films, c1978.

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Additional Authors
  • Thomas, Kid, 1896-
  • Toussaint, Allen.
  • Barker, Blue Lou.
  • Thomas, Irma.
  • Professor Longhair, 1918-1980.
  • Blank, Les.
  • Gosling, Maureen.
  • Flower Films (Firm)
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Kaleidoscope of music, dancing, food, and street celebrations in New Orleans, including a funeral procession accompanied by a jazz band, St. Patrick's Day festivities, and a demonstration of how to eat crawfish. The second part of the film highlights the activities of the Wild Tchoupitoulas, a carnival society of working-class blacks, as they prepare to participate in Mardi Gras in their traditional guise of Native Americans.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  • Personal/independent films and programs.
  • Music.
  • Black films and programs.
  • Motion pictures.
Note
  • Originally released as a motion picture.
Credits (note)
  • Sound, production management, additional editing and photography, Maureen Gosling ; paintings, Bruce Brice.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewees: "Kid Thomas" Valentine, Allen Toussaint, "Blue Lu" Barker, Irma Thomas, and others.
  • Performed by Professor Longhair, the Deacon Brothers, Neville John, and others.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1978
ISBN
0933621000
OCLC
  • 11764449
  • NYPY95-F163
Title
Always for pleasure [videorecording] / Flower Films ; produced, directed, photographed and edited by Les Blank.
Imprint
El Cerrito, CA : Flower Films, c1978.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Performer
Interviewees: "Kid Thomas" Valentine, Allen Toussaint, "Blue Lu" Barker, Irma Thomas, and others.
Performed by Professor Longhair, the Deacon Brothers, Neville John, and others.
Credits
Sound, production management, additional editing and photography, Maureen Gosling ; paintings, Bruce Brice.
Added Author
Thomas, Kid, 1896- Interviewee
Toussaint, Allen. Interviewee
Barker, Blue Lou. Interviewee
Thomas, Irma. Interviewee
Professor Longhair, 1918-1980.
Blank, Les. Producer. Director
Gosling, Maureen.
Flower Films (Firm)
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1978
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