MARDI GRAS (Country??: Year??, 90 mins.)
MADE IN CHINA

Mardi Gras: Made in China is a story of globalization that follows the popular Mardi Gras beads from the factory in China where they are made and distributed; four of the teenage workers in China who make the beads and carnival revelers who exchange them.  In a world where consumers and producers are increasingly alienated from each other, the film attempts to re-establish human connections through curiosity and humor as it renders visible the seemingly invisible bead trail from the factory to the festival. Viewers are swept into a whirlwind of action, as workers and revelers vicariously encounter each other through the medium of images, when the filmmaker projects the documentary on the walls of Bourbon Street during Carnival to obtain reactions and share conversations with revelers. Simultaneously, the filmmaker passes out photographs of revelers exchanging beads during Mardi Gras to workers in the factory. Revelers respond in confusion: “Why do workers make beads under such harsh conditions?” Likewise, workers are just as baffled:”Why do people remove their clothes for these ugly beads?” Answers are not simple, as the viewer is left to draw their own conclusions.

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