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Dominican Rep. The Order of Myths
- Original title
- The Order of Myths
- Year
- 2008
- Running time
- 97 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Documentary
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Documentary | Racism
- Synopsis
- Mobile, Alabama, 2007: the oldest Mardi Gras in the United States is a study in Black and White. Groups prepare coronations, parades, balls, and revelry. White and Black communities have separate royal courts and separate events. People comment on these vestiges of segregation, some critical and some okay with it. The Black king and queen come to the coronation of the White royal couple, and the White king and queen join the celebration at the Comrades party, a primarily Black event. City patriarchs agree to do more together, and the city's youth seem to want more interaction as well. The film explores possible contradictions between preserving traditions and putting the old Mobile behind them.
- Awards
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2008: Independent Spirit Awards: Truer Than Fiction Award. 2 Nominations2008: Sundance Film Festival: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize (Documentary)
- Critics' reviews
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"An invaluable portrait of us-and-them America, a smart, generous, poignant, quietly disturbing movie"
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"Entertaining and provocative."
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"Order of Myths looks good, and its characters are memorable."
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"Wise and soberly affecting documentary about the separate but unequal Mardi Gras festivities that take place each year in Mobile, Alabama"
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"A lively and revealing portrait of life in the New South."
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