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Please watch the video response!Teaser: Movie trailer ,offered as a service to educate and inform,and increase awareness of the effects of consumer choices,a 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. 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. 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. 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, La. Documentary filmmaker David Redmon investigates the low wages and substandard conditions endured by the factory's workers, many of whom are young women. 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. Watch Mardi Gras: Made in China (2005) free starring Roger Wong and directed by David Redmon. "Mardi Gras: Made in China" explores the journey of Mardi Gras beads from a bustling Fuzhou factory to the vibrant streets of New Orleans, revealing the unseen cultural ties and economic impacts behind the festive glitz and glamour in a globalized world. Blending curiosity with comedy, Mardi Gras: Made in China is the only film to explore how the toxic products directly affect the people who both make and consume them. Review Punchy documentary critique of globalization looks at the conditions in a factory in the Chinese city of Fuzhou where young workers make the beads showered onto revelers 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. 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. Where to watch the 2018 movie Mardi Gras: Made in China online: Discover full movie streaming options, trailers, videos, and ratings. Mardi Gras: Made in China is a thought-provoking, canny piece of filmmaking that puts flesh, blood and garish multicolored baubles on the skeleton of globalization. Play trailer Mardi Gras: Made in China 2005 1h 18m Documentary Play Michael Ordoña Los Angeles Times Mardi Gras: Made in China is a thought-provoking 2006 Full Review Janice Page Mardi Gras: Made in China (2005) *** (out of 4) Pretty interesting documentary that shows where the beads used in Mardi Gras come from. We see people being forced to work 14 hours and if they don't get their numbers then they must work over off the clock. Mardi Gras: Made in China follows the "bead trail" from the factory in China to Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras, poignantly exposing the inequities of globalization. First-time director David Redmon cleverly illuminates the clash of cultures by juxtaposing American excess and consumer ignorance against the harsh life of the Chinese factory worker. Prudent editing might sharpen the focus and temper the moralizing in "Mardi Gras: Made in China," an obviously sincere but didactically repetitive docu about overworked and underpaid workers in make 4 to 5 bags, 3000 pounds of beads every day, normally work 11 hours, if you dont meet your quota, your pay gets a cut, they work really long shifts. they get paid 2 to 3 dollars a day. that the workers are interested in how much money they can get ina day. 10 workers share 5 beds, they are only allowed to leave on sundays. outside the factory is when they should talk. women and men cant 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. I am confident that having seen “Mardi Gras: Made in China,” I will never expose my breasts in exchange for beads again. Between this and “Super Size Me,” no one’s ever going to want to do anything fun anymore. This is a wry, eye-opening documentary about the Chinese sweatshops that manufacture the strings of beads []
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