|
|
The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2007, it is still racially segregated. Filmmaker Margaret Brown, herself a daughter of Mobile, escorts us into the parallel hearts of the city's two carnivals. With unprecedented access, she traces the exotic world of secret mystic societies and centuries-old traditions and pageantry; diamond-encrusted crowns, voluminous, hand-sewn gowns, surreal masks and enormous paper mache floats. Against this opulent backdrop, she uncovers a tangled web of historical violence and power dynamics, elusive forces that keep this hallowed tradition organized along enduring color lines.
|
| Production Status: |
Released |
|
| Logline: |
Features the 2007 Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama where the event remains segregated. |
|
| Genres: |
Documentary and Politics/Religion |
|
| Running Time: |
1 hr. 20 min. |
|
| Release Date: |
July 25th, 2008 (limited) |
|
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
|
| Distributors: |
Cinema Guild, Inc.
|
|
| Production Co.: |
Lucky Hat Entertainment, NetPoint Productions
|
|
| Produced in: |
United States |
|
|
|
In Theaters 
