KING CAKE: THE JOIE DE VIVRE // Feature Documentary Film (Formely King Cake: A Big Easy Story)
Dir. •• Will Hess
2nd Unit DP, New Orleans •• Neal Ten Eyck

The world knows the New Orleans Mardi Gras for the one dimensional aspect of what the big conglomerated media display it to be.

You'll journey back through time and see how Mardi Gras takes root in the Big Easy 156 years ago and blossoms to become known as the epicenter of the Carnival celebration in the new world.

FEATURING:
Norman Reedus, Elijah Wood, John Goodman, Andy Garcia, John C. Reilly, Luke Perry, Jim Belushi, Tom Arnold, Henry Winkler, James Gandolfini, John Schneider, Corbin Bernsen, Bryan Batt, Jay Thomas, Randy Newman, James Carville, Richard Simmons, Terence Blanchard, Jake Carpenter, Allen Toussaint, Irma Thomas, Harry Connick Sr., Ivan Neville, Peter Hoffman, Royce Osborn, Jason Marsalis, Sam P. Scelfo Jr., Mark Laforet, Maureen Spitler, Christian Brown, Sue Mennino, Kristin Danflous, Joe Valiente, Virginia Saussy, Dot Cooke, Staci Rosenberg, Clark Brennan, Paul Miller, Diane Brown, Sherrell Gorman, Robby Cangelosi, Steve Himmelfarb, Lee Mullikin, Dave Mulnick, Littdel Banister, Bob Brown, Brian Kern, Dan Kelly, William Showalter