The Order of myths [videorecording] / a film by Margaret Brown ; Cinema Guild ; Lucky Hat Entertainment ; Folly River Films ; directed by Margaret Brown ; produced by Margaret Brown, Sara Alize Cross.
Special features: audio commentary by director Margaret Brown and cinematographer Micheal Simmonds; deleted scenes; Q&A with director and cast at the Mobile, Alabama premiere; theatrical trailer; scene selections. Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. Title from disc label.
Summary:
"The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2008, 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, power dynamics, and elusive forces that keep this hallowed tradition organized along enduring color lines"--Container.
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