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Mardi Gras: Made in China

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Mardi Gras: Made in China (2005)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:13

Rotten:6

Average Rating:6.6/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 74 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:Mar 24, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: An interesting take on globalization, MARDI GRAS: MADE IN CHINA takes a look at the journey of some Mardi Gras beads, as they are constructed in a factory in China, then make their way across the... An interesting take on globalization, MARDI GRAS: MADE IN CHINA takes a look at the journey of some Mardi Gras beads, as they are constructed in a factory in China, then make their way across the globe. [More]

Director: David Redmon

Director: David Redmon
Studio: Carnivalesque Films

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  • Winner of twenty national and international awards, Mardi Gras: Made in China follows the path of Mardi Gras beads from the naked streets of New Orleans during Carnival - where revelers party and exchange beads for sexual acts - to the disciplined factories in Fuzhou, China - where teenage girls live and sew beads together all day and night. 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.
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    Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
    04/23/09
    Peter Keough
    Peter Keough
    Boston Phoenix

    Director David Redmon earns accolades galore for crafting a dmning expose' which brilliantly contrasts the plight of exploited Asian females with the embarrassing behavior of drunks and bimbos floating up Bourbon Street on Fat Tuesday.

    Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
    07/25/08
    Kam Williams
    Kam Williams
    NewsBlaze

    This investigative literal and figurative global chain reaction appears to be yet another exceptionally worthy addition to the evolving genre of what may be termed anti-globalization cinema.

    Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
    07/12/08
    Prairie Miller
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    Goes halfway around the globe without halfway giving us perspective.

    Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
    02/06/07
    Frank Lovece
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    11/11/06
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    Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
    08/19/06
    Ray Greene
    Ray Greene
    Boxoffice Magazine

    ... doesn't make you proud to wave the red, white and blue, and even manages to sober up a few Mardi Gras revelers in the process ...

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
    08/13/06
    Glenn Whipp
    Glenn Whipp
    Los Angeles Daily News

    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.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
    08/10/06
    Michael Ordoņa
    Michael Ordoņa
    Los Angeles Times
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    This smart, witty look at the human cost of free-market reforms and globalization tracks the necklaces from hard labor at one end to hedonism at the other.

    Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
    08/10/06
    Ella Taylor
    Ella Taylor
    L.A. Weekly

    At minimum, this two-dimensional documentary does a decent job of displaying cavalier consumption alongside globalization and exploitative manufacturing.

    Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
    04/28/06
    Janice Page
    Janice Page
    Boston Globe
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    Slyly devastating.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    03/24/06
    Maitland McDonagh
    Maitland McDonagh
    TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Feels like a sermon on vegetarianism being delivered to occupants of a Sudanese refugee camp.

    Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
    03/24/06
    John Anderson
    John Anderson
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    Would play better if it were more focused and less repetitive.

    Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
    03/24/06
    V.A. Musetto
    V.A. Musetto
    New York Post
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    When [Redmon] runs out of things to say, his film lands in an anticlimactic puddle, just like the shiny trinkets forgotten after the party ends.

    Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
    03/24/06
    Elizabeth Weitzman
    Elizabeth Weitzman
    New York Daily News
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    A startling look at both the effects of globalization and at a dramatic cultural divide.

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    03/23/06
    Laura Kern
    Laura Kern
    New York Times
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    This sly, engrossing doc is an expert riposte to smug proponents of the fetterless free market.

    Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
    03/21/06
    Jessica Winter
    Jessica Winter
    Village Voice
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    Every time you lift your shirt, some Chinese girl is reaching her twisted, aching hand for another Band-Aid.

    Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
    02/10/06
    Roger Moore
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    ... recommended viewing.

    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    12/06/05
    Eric Campos
    Eric Campos
    Film Threat

    A humorous, economically revealing documentary.

    Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
    12/06/05
    Stina Chyn
    Stina Chyn
    Film Threat

    A wry, eye-opening documentary.

    Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
    10/01/05
    Eric D. Snider
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