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Mardi Gras: Made in China: Directed by David Redmon. With Roger Wong. This examination of cultural and economic globalization follows the life-cycle of Mardi Gras beads from a small factory in Fuzhou, China, to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and to art galleries in New York City. A writer who has never made a film until now, he followed the beads’ genealogy back to the industrial town of Fuzhou, China, where there is a factory that is the world’s largest producer of beads and other Mardi Gras-related trinkets. Some 500 employees live on the premises and make beads for at least 14, and as many as 20, hours a day. In his documentary "Mardi Gras: Made in China," David Redmon asks random drunken Mardi Gras celebrators in a pre-Katrina New Orleans if they're familiar with the origins of those strings of This examination of cultural and economic globalization follows the life-cycle of Mardi Gras beads from a small factory in Fuzhou, China, to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, and to art galleries in New York City. The award winning documentary, Mardi Gras: Made in China, swiftly follows the path of Mardi Gras beads from the naked streets of New Orleans during Carnival - where revelers party 24/7 - to the disciplined factories in Fuzhou, China - where teenage laborers live and thread beads 24/7. Winner of twenty-one national and international awards, Mardi Gras: Made in China follows the path of Mardi Gras beads from the streets of New Orleans during Carnival – where revelers party and exchange beads for nudity – to the disciplined factories in Fuzhou, China – where teenage girls live and sew beads together all day and night. Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival. Winner of twenty-one national and international awards, Mardi Gras: Made in China follows the path of Mardi Gras beads from the streets of New Orleans during Carnival - where revelers party and exchange beads for nudity - to the disciplined factories in Fuzhou, China - where teenage girls live and sew beads together all day and night. A documentary about the labor used to produce Mardi Gras beads. Young uneducated, rural young women are used because they are easier to control and will work long hours for 20 cents an hour. Entertaining to watch as the young women are interviewed as well as their boss. The life cycle of plastic beads is traced from their manufacture at a Fuzhou, China, manufacturing facility to their extensive use by revelers at the annual Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans Redmon uses one seemingly innocuous product—Mardi Gras beads—to show opposite sides of the economic spectrum in China and America (using the word ‘opposite’ is an understatement). This ingenious premise—following an inanimate object from creation to destruction—enables Redmon to expose the free market system at its most cutthroat In this documentary we meet Roger, the rich manager of a factory in China that makes beads and other trinkets sold and traded at Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Roger claims the factory girls love their work and are grateful for the opportunities it provides, but interviews with four of them tell quite another story. Young Chinese workers, often children, are the ones who melt the beads used for Mardi Gras, regularly in poor working conditions with very little pay, according to the documentary “ Mardi Gras: Made in China.” One worker in the documentary suggested the price of one inexpensive necklace might be the equivalent of three months of pay for her. Whatever his inspiration, Redmon’s curiosity and travels to find out who makes Mardi Gras beads result in a humorous, economically revealing documentary. “Mardi Gras: Made in China” starts with scenes from New Orleans. Redmon stops a partygoer and asks her about the origin of the beads. The girl doesn’t know but awaits the answer. In fact, Mardi Gras, aka Fat Tuesday, has a long history that predates the colonization of the U.S., and actually started in medieval Europe.In New Orleans, the celebration of Mardi Gras started Product Description. Winner of twenty-one national and international awards, Mardi Gras: Made in China follows the path of Mardi Gras beads from the streets of New Orleans during Carnival where revelers party and exchange beads for nudity to the disciplined factories in Fuzhou, China where teenage girls live and sew beads together all day and night. A documentary that stirs the conscience, Mardi Gras: Made in China opens with a disclaimer: “All of the material in this film was shot before Hurricane Katrina. In the documentary short—filmed in advance of the 2018 Mardi Gras season—Melancon recites the origin story of the Black Indians. The camera pans to a dream sequence set along a riverbank in a At eMardiGrasBeads.com, we have everything you need to make your parties memorable events.Whether it’s New Year’s Eve, Mardi Gras, or Halloween that you’re celebrating, or a themed birthday party you’re in the midst of planning, you can’t go wrong with our huge supply of awesome party favors in a variety of styles and colors to suit your needs. A reveler walks along Bourbon Street with a stack of beads around his neck during Mardi Gras day on February 24, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mardi Gras Sayings About Beads. Image by Erik Pronske Photography // Getty Images. you can find her curled up on the couch watching a documentary and eating gummy bears.
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