The Film

The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2007, it is still racially segregated. Filmmaker Margaret Brown ('Be Here to Love Me: A film About Townes Van Zandt'), herself a daughter of Mobile, escorts us into the parallel hearts of the city's two carnivals to explore the complex contours of this hallowed tradition and the elusive forces that keep it organized along enduring color lines. With unprecedented access, Brown traces the exotic world of centuries-old traditions and pageantry; diamond-encrusted crowns, voluminous, hand-sewn gowns and trains, surreal masks and enormous paper mache floats. Against this opulent backdrop, she uncovers a tangled web of historical violence, power dynamics and intertwined and interdependent race relations.

The Official Site

The Order of Myths

IMDB

The Order of Myths

Trailer(s)

QT Trailer 480x360 (20.7Mb)
WMV Trailer 640x360 (14.0Mb)
WMV Trailer 320x180 (7.0Mb)
FLV Trailer (14.5Mb)
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