“His most joyous film.”-Craig Hubert, Bomblog

Always For Pleasure presents festivity as essential to the human spirit. In New Orleans, even a funeral procession ends with a raucous dance-“You take ‘em on out and you boogie back,” explains musician Allen Toussaint. Blank's camera enters the heart of such jubilant celebrations-with drinking, dancing, and eating in the streets-from St. Patrick's Day with revelers dressed in green to the Mardi Gras Indian Parade where African American “chiefs” compete in elaborate Native American–inspired feathered costumes. You will ache to participate; join us at 5 p.m. for a special prescreening dinner!