Title: Mardi Gras
Description: A documentary that explores the production, consumption, and disposal of Mardi Gras beads. Filmed on location in Fuzhou, China and New Orleans, Louisiana, the film follows "The Bead Trail" backwards from the bacchanalia at Mardi Gras to the factories in Fuzhou where the beads are made. When each group is shown images of the other, the cycle of misunderstanding goes a long way in explaining how the commodity chain is kept in place.
Subjects: Manufacturing industries, Working class, Commercial products, Carnival, Documentary films, Economic conditions
Places: China, Fuzhou Shi (Fujian Sheng)
Time periods: 1976-2000, 2000-