The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2007, it is still racially segregated. Margaret Brown, herself a daughter of Mobile, escorts us into the parallel hearts o...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 13, 2009
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October 18, 2009Very interesting documentary about the orignal (yrs before New Orleans) Mardi Gras in Mobile Alabama..it's "Order" tells of the segregrated two Mardi Gras parades held (one black, one white) and of the secret societies that it is supported by.
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March 14, 2009very very strange documentary about how the first Mardi Gras was held in Mobile, Alabama and the continuing tradition that comes along with it.
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July 28, 2008a missed opportunity on the level of Eternal Sunshine. it's so frustrating to watch a movie that is so close to the verge of greatness, but instead screws it up in the most obviously dumb way. While Eternal Sunshine would have had a great payoff if it hadn't mucked up the suspens...( read more)
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July 27, 2008
Nick Schager, Cinematical
July 21, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Entertaining, mind-opening docs open every month, but none has broken through to a wide audience. Now comes the latest winner, Margaret Brown's penetrating The Order of Myths. full review
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