| Description |
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1; widescreen presentation aspect ratio 1.85:1 (16/9). |
| Credits |
Cinematography by Michael Simmonds ; edited by Michael Taylor, Geoffrey Richman, Margaret Brown ; music supervisor, Janice Ginsberg ; historical advisor, Kern Jackson. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an American documentary film in 2008. |
| Summary |
The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2007, the Mobile Carnival Association (MCA)--an all-white organization--and the Mobile Area Mardi Gras Association (MAMGA)--an all-black organization--select their own separate king, queen, and royal court to represent the city. This lively and revealing portrait of life in the New South examines how blacks and whites coexist peaceably enough but rarely interact, are segregated economically and geographically with a rigor that rivals apartheid South Africa, and inhabit a city imprisoned by tradition and enraptured by the past. |
| Contents |
Folly & Death -- Crown fitting -- Wine tasting -- Africatown -- Royal preparations -- Who you invite into your home -- Roots -- Brittain's luncheon -- Goodwill tour -- Night parade -- Letter to the editor -- Two key ceremonies -- MCA coronation -- MAMGA rehearsal & coronation -- Comrades ball -- Fat Tuesday -- Real queen of Mardi Gras -- End credits. |
| Note |
Special features: Audio commentary by director Margaret Brown and cinematographer Michael Simmonds [optional audio feature]; Q&A with Margaret Brown and the cast at the Mobile, Alabama screening [featurette] (22 min.); Deleted scenes (25 min.); Theatrical trailer (2 min.). |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Carnival -- Alabama -- Mobile.
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Segregation -- United States.
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Parade floats -- Alabama -- Mobile.
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Secret societies -- Alabama -- Mobile -- Rites and ceremonies.
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Mobile (Ala.) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Brown, Margaret (Director)
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Cross, Sara Alize.
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Cinema Guild.
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Net Point Productions (Firm)
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Lucky Hat Entertainment (Firm)
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Folly River Films (Firm)
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New Yorker Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1567304923 |
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9781567304923 |
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1567304923 |
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9781567304923 |
| Standard No. |
717119116248 |
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881164000125 |
| Music No. |
NYD 116209 New Yorker Video |
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