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  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2008, it is still racially segregated. A fascinating investigation into our nation's history and traditions, this acclaimed, award-winning documentary illuminates the complexities of race relations in 21st century America. [The Cinema Guild]

Directed By: Margaret Brown

Written By: Margaret Brown

  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2008
  • Unrated
  • The Cinema Guild
  • 1 h 37 m

The Order of Myths

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2008, it is still racially segregated. A fascinating investigation into our nation's history and traditions, this acclaimed, award-winning documentary illuminates the complexities of race relations in 21st century America. [The Cinema Guild]

Directed By: Margaret Brown

Written By: Margaret Brown

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90
An invaluable portrait of us-and-them America, a smart, generous, poignant, quietly disturbing movie about secrecy and hospitality, and how easy it is for a tradition of separateness to flourish when the stakes are as deceptively frivolous as an eye-popping yearly party.
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Smartly edited, utterly engrossing, and as intelligent an examination of American race relations as I've seen.
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83
So The Order Of Myths' central question remains tantalizingly unanswered: When a society respects its old-growth trees so much that they let the roots crack the sidewalks, are they being noble or ignorant?
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
78
"They have their Mardi Gras; we have ours," the explanation goes on both sides, but everyone seems to realize it's just a rationalization aimed at covering over Mobile's docile perpetuation of segregation.
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70
Gracefully explores Mobile's Mardi Gras celebrations and profiles the young people playing at royalty at these ceremonies' hearts.
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70
Quietly shocking, The Order of Myths is a deft, engrossing cross-section of Mobile life, heavy on local color and insight.
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60
Order of Myths looks good, and its characters are memorable. It's important to know that the "traditions" extolled by both sides of Mobile involve keeping people apart. But it's not clear at all that Brown is bringing them together.
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Production Company Folly River Films, Lucky Hat Entertainment, Netpoint Productions
Release Date Jul 25, 2008
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating Unrated
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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 4 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Sheffield International Documentary Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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