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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. 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.
Original Release
07/25/2008
US Release
07/25/2008
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Directors
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Producers
Name | Role |
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Steve Bannatyne | Executive Producer |
Christine Mattsson | Executive Producer |
Louis Black | Producer |
Margaret Brown | Producer |
Sara Alize Cross | Producer |
Gabby Stein | Producer |