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The Order of Myths: Directed by Margaret Brown. In 2007 Mobile, Alabama, Mardi Gras is celebrated and complicated. Following a cast of characters, parades, and parties across an enduring color line, we see that beneath the surface of pageantry lies something else altogether. The Order of Myths is a 2008 documentary film directed by Margaret Brown.It focuses on the Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile, Alabama, the oldest in the United States.It reveals the separate mystic societies established and maintained by Black and White groups, and acknowledges the complex racial history of a city with a slaveholding past. About the Documentary. The first Mardi Gras in America was held in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. Three hundred and five years later, the city’s annual Carnival is split down the middle, with separate Dora Finley is a local activist and historian in the Mobile community and a self-described “Mardi Gras enthusiast.” She tells the story of the slave ship Clothilde and reads a letter she wrote to the editor of the Mobile Press Register, which declares that Mardi Gras is “the last stronghold of segregation.” About the Filmmaker The Order of Myths is a captivating documentary film that delves into the rich historical traditions of Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama. Directed by Margaret Brown, this 2008 film explores the deeply ingrained racial segregation that persists in the city’s Mardi Gras celebrations. This unsettling 2008 doc explores one of the last bastions of American segregation: Mobile, Alabama, where whites and blacks still throw separate Mardi Gras celebrations. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a fascinating documentary on the almost completely segregated Mardi Gras celebrations in Mobile, Alabama 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 Reactions to Mobilian Margaret Brown's film about Mardi Gras in Mobile, "The Order of Myths," are being heard beyond the well-known Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where the documentary This award-winning documentary from "Descendant" director Margaret Brown explores the racially divided Mardi Gras traditions in Mobile, Alabama. Watch trailers & learn more. A feature-length documentary film about Mardi Gras in Mobile that premiered early this year at the famed Sundance Film Festival will be distributed in theaters and on DVD by New York-based The Be a part of the historic celebration that has been in Mobile since 1703. Mardi Gras celebrations begin two and a half weeks before Fat Tuesday and the Port City comes to life. Elaborate themed floats manned by masked mystic societies, mounted police and marching bands wind through downtown Mobile and surrounding areas, entertaining nearly a million revelers A feature-length documentary film about Mardi Gras in Mobile that premiered early this year at the Sundance Film Festival will be distributed in theaters and eventually on DVD by New York-based The Order of Myths documentary on Mobile, Ala., Mardi Gras will hit DVD on Jan. 13. MOBILE, Ala. -- Last year's documentary about Mardi Gras in Mobile, "The Order of Myths," will be available on Filmmaker Margaret Brown’s second feature documentary, 2008’s The Order of Myths, about segregated Mardi Gras ceremonies in Mobile, Ala., is structured around a historical trauma with present-day resonance. MOBILE, Ala. -- Last year's documentary about Mardi Gras in Mobile, "The Order of Myths," will be available on DVD beginning next week. (Press-Register/G.M. Andrews)Filmmaker Margaret Brown is MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Although most Mardi Gras parades in Mobile use one route, there are multiple routes that parade-goers should know before heading out the door. Most of the Mobile Celebrate Mardi Gras in style with Mobile's vibrant parades, live music, and rich traditions! Parades start February 14th—discover event schedules and everything you need to enjoy the best Mardi Gras experience in Mobile, Alabama Filmmaker Margaret Brown, who came home to document Mardi Gras in Mobile last year, will bring her feature-length documentary film on the subject to a hometown premiere at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July Mobile, Alabama is the mother of mystics, the original birthplace of Mardi Gras as we know it! Each year, the city and its surrounding communities come together for weeks of parades, masked balls, MoonPies and merry-making leading up to Fat Tuesday, a season that is collectively known as Mardi Gras.
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