THE ORDER OF MYTHS
part of the Racial Rewind Film Series

Thursday, September 25, 7:30pm
Friday, September 26, 7:30pm
Saturday, September 27, 7:30pm

FREE! FREE! FREE!

The Order of Myths(2008) is an intimate consideration of race in America through the story of our oldest Mardi Gras celebration.

The first Mardi Gras in America was celebrated in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. In 2007, it is still racially segregated. Filmmaker Margaret Brown, herself a daughter of Mobile, escorts us into the parallel hearts of the city's two carnivals to explore the complex contours of this hallowed tradition and the elusive forces that keep it organized along enduring color lines.

With unprecedented access, Brown traces the exotic world of centuries-old traditions and pageantry; diamond-encrusted crowns, voluminous, hand-sewn gowns and trains, surreal masks and enormous paper mache floats. Against this opulent backdrop, she uncovers a tangled web of historical violence, power dynamics and intertwined and interdependent race relations (www.moviefone.com).

The Racial Rewind Film Series is presented by the Cucalorus Film Foundation and the YWCA Lower Cape Fear and is funded in part by a grant from the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation. Following each screening filmmakers and guest speakers will lead discussions exploring racial concerns in the context of each film.

All screenings at Jengo's Playhouse
815 Princess Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
Call 910-343-5995 for more info