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New Orleans Mardi Gras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The formal end of Mardi Gras arrives with "the Meeting of the Courts," a term describing the ceremony at which Rex and His Royal Consort, the King and Queen of Carnival, meet with the King and Queen of the Mistick Krewe of Comus, New Orleans' oldest active Carnival organization. One of the many Mardi Gras throws, doubloons are large coins, either plastic or metal, that are usually colored in the Mardi Gras colors, and are tossed into the crowd by the various Krewes. While standards of what is considered "indecent exposure" might be relaxed during Mardi Gras, and women showing their breasts to encourage receiving beads is documented since the 1960s, the practice was mostly limited to tourists in the upper Bourbon Street area. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Orleans_Mardi_Gras   (3097 words)

Mardi Gras Slasher films did vary from the moderately-budgeted to the cheap as a second-hand car during the heyday of the genre, but here’s one that was funded by blood donation. Mardi Gras Massacre is the antithesis of its titular event — lifeless, short, boring and dull. Mardi Gras Massacre was a UK premier on Goldstar Video, it was also released at one time or another on Market Video and on one of the better known labels, Derann. www.precertnirvana.co.uk /page43.html   (768 words)

Mardi Gras - Myth & History A short time later, the French investors grew impatient and wise to the fact that the promised return on their investment was long term at best. In 1872, city-wide Mardi Gras enchantment occurred and it was the vision of royal rule of unruliness which captured the collective imagination. The unique local Mardi Gras organizations known as Krewes were fostered by these various strong cultures who tended to form mutual aid societies devoted to promote the general improvement in their member lives. www.carnaval.com /cityguides/neworleans/history.htm   (2109 words)

MARDI GRAS NEWS Mardi Gras visitors with a student ID looking for a less expensive place to stay might try the India House Youth Hostel. Mardi Gras World is a short and fun ferry ride from the French Quarter. The Germaine Cazenave Wells Mardi Gras Museum was opened at Arnaud's Restaurant in the French Quarter by proprietor Archie A. Casbarian on September 15, 1983. www.mglinks.com /news.htm   (4246 words)

Mardi Gras Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Mardi Gras Madness is a collection of eleven stories by as many authors, the topics ranging from the light-hearted to the macabre. Schindler's magnum opus, Mardi Gras New Orleans, is the perfect guide as we embark on the 150th anniversary of the New Orleans Carnival celebration--a must read for any serious or curious observer of the New Orleans scene. She is on parade patrol at the height of Mardi Gras and is an eyewitness when the King of the Carnival, upper-crust businessman Chauncey St. Amant is shot while waving to the crowd from his float. www.holiday-book-reviews.com /Mardi_Gras/Mardi_Gras_3.html   (5727 words)

CUCALORUS :: Annual Festival of Independent Film   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Filmmakers and film fans from across the state and the nation will descend upon the historic port city for the five day event, which also features symposiums, parties, workshops and live music, topped off by its world famous Sunday Southern-style brunch. With a mixture of video and film, Hill and Gaston unveil a stirring vision of those who faithfully toil the earth even as their lives tumble into a morass of influences beyond their control. Filmed in Wilmington and down the river in historic Fort Anderson, The Lost Cause follows a Confederate soldier whose devotion to his cause creates turmoil in his family life. www.cucalorus.org /pressroom.asp   (1972 words)

Mardi Gras Memories Mardi Gras is the best thing I have ever experienced in my life, well except for the first time I had sex. Mardi Gras is no stranger to me as I am from Mobile, Alabama and we have been doing it 100 years before you all. I had heard the stories of Mardi Gras decadence and indulgence from my roommate for some time now; however, I had been on countless spring breaks and had done my share of traveling, so I figured (in my infinite wisdom) that this would be sort of a glorified block party. www.mglinks.com /posts.htm   (5203 words)

3RD ANNUAL ABSOLUTE TIME FILM FESTIVAL Films from all over the world reflecting the exploitation of women, the myth behind traditional family values and an exploration of cross-cultural communication make-up the exciting array of films in the 3rd Annual Absolute Time Film Festival. This short film follows a secretive woman’s intimate relationship to her brother as it is threatened when an unexpected guest shows up for dinner at their eccentric mother’s house This short film explores the relationship between an immigrant mother and her assimilated daughter and their struggle to find common ground with each other. www.atasite.org /calendar?x=1293   (383 words)

Mobile Mardi Gras History & Timeline The Mobile Mystics Mardi Gras organization was founded in May of 1993 with hopes of having a Mardi Gras parade in the 1994 Mardi Gras season. The charter membership was comprised of 52 members who quickly obtained use of Mardi Gras floats from another organization and made plans to stage their first parade. Mobile Mardi Gras information of various years were consulted at The Museum of Mobile and the Local History and Genealogy Division of the Mobile Public Library. www.mardigrasdigest.com /html/mardi_gras_history__timeline_mobile.htm   (6768 words)

The Movie Chicks - 2005 USA Film Festival When a film festival has been around for 35 years, you know they have to be doing something right. Films from all genres are on the docket - many heading for national releases while others are making their way around the festival circuit looking for distribution. A unique part of the USA Film Festival is the National Short Film and Video Competition, now in its 27th year. www.themoviechicks.com /mid2005/mcfusaff.html   (256 words)

Pinkboard Graffiti Wall - 2004 Mardi Gras Film Festival Graffiti Wall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) The film maker made an appearance, several of the participants were in the audience, and many adjourned to the Colombian afterwards for beers and chat. The camera shots away from the speaker was distracting, the soundtrack was irritatingly out of sync with the dialogue, some scenes were hammered in and the actual relationship of the main character and her wife was childishly presented. This film is a little more aware of the conflict (the main character is a bus driver in Tel Aviv) and looks also at the life of illegal African immigrants in Israel. www.pinkboard.com.au /graffitiarchive/filmfestival/filmfestival04.html   (5149 words)

Mardi Gras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Her film credits include: Vanessa, Dialogue for the Blind, Jada Who, which is currently in contention for screening at the 2004 Hollywood Black Film Festival. Her film and television credits include appearances on Guiding Light and roles in independent projects such as Man in Red, The Dental Assistant and Device. Recent credits include principal roles in To Kill A Mockingbird; Vagina Monologues and new independent short film project entitled: Mardi Gras for which she was also writer, producer, and director. www.babygirlfilmworks.com /mardi_gras.htm   (365 words)

smh.com.au - The Sydney Morning Herald For a decade and a half they've injected the grunt into Sydney's annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, kick-starting the event with the roar of Harleys and Hondas up the Golden Gay Mile of Oxford Street. As the 25th annual Mardi Gras parade draws nigh, we talked to John Byrne of the Aids Council Of NSW about the rebirth of the Vicki Virus float for this year's celebrations. The Sydney Gay + Lesbian Mardi Gras throughout the ages... www.smh.com.au /specials/mardigras2003   (502 words)

Student Awards and Achievements   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) An MFA ‘98 graduate's Pavomania film was screened at the 14th Annual Latino Film Festival and the 17th annual Women in the Director’s Chair Film and Video Festival. It was also a finalist in the National Short Film and Video Competition at the 28th annual USA Film and Video Festival, April 1998. The film was chosen as the Critics Choice at the Women in the Director’s Chair Festival, and screened at the Smithsonian, Washington, DC, and was selected as one of the five films to be shown at the American Film Institute, Kennedy Center, April 25th, 1998. www.ohiou.edu /instres/assessments/97_98ASSESS/dept/film.htm   (783 words)

Slant Magazine - Film Review: Mardi Gras: Made in China Redmon reveals how the disposable commodity of Mardi Gras beads comes to us by way of Fuzhou's Tai Kuen factory, whose predominantly female workers toil away for up to 20 hours a day for 10 cents an hour to supply our transitory pleasures. Globalization may be something that can't be stopped but that doesn't mean that the corporatist greed that continues to augment people's hardships can't be rectified. In short, it's not the cost of living that's precarious but the cost of work, and if Redmon's disturbing interactions with some Mardi Gras partiers who'd rather see boobies than his Tai Kuen footage are any indication, the director's goal is simply to inspire empathy. www.slantmagazine.com /film/film_review.asp?ID=1833   (182 words)

Mardi Gras Pictures : Short Films an 8mm comedy short film about the mysteries of... In 2005, The Men's Room was selected as part of a group of films to represent the West Chester Film Festival in its marketing and fund raising efforts. For more information or comments please contact the Mardi Gras Pictures Webmaster. www.mardigraspix.com /indiepage.html   (57 words)

Mardi Gras Survival Guide New Orleans Weather Radar News & Video Clips We focus on the reality and sometimes the worst, remember this is Mardi Gras Uncovered and we are not afraid to show you the whole truth. For a long time we had this problem ourselves, usually sick by the third day, and by the day of Mardi Gras (day 5) we were unable to function or even leave the house. Short and sweet - if you are looking for a hooker then you should find what you are looking for at the AIDS outreach center, they frequent the place. www.realnola.com /survivalguide.html   (4321 words)

Mardi Gras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) The annual Mardi Gras Film Festival is the largest lesbian and gay film festival in Australia and one of the top five in the world. A glamorous and glittering awards presentation celebrating this prestigious short film competition for Australian and New Zealand filmmakers. 2005 will be remembered as the year that Mardi Gras returned to its glory days and showed Australia why it remains the finest celebration of GLTBQ culture in the world. www.queerplanet.com.au /mardigras   (258 words)

Short Ends, short ends mardi gras revelers beg... - Defamer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Short Ends, short ends mardi gras revelers beg... At the very real risk that you've seen this before, we are happy to pass along the Fucking Short Version of perhaps our favorite movie of all time. As we all recently learned in the immediate aftermath of Star Jones' self-immolation on/dismissal from The View, any entertainment corporation's abrupt firing of a high-profile employee must include a plan to remove all traces of the prejudicially shitcanned from their website, lest the stench of incompletion linger around an otherwise well-executed termination. defamer.com /hollywood/short-ends/short-ends-mardi-gras-revelers-beg...   (2827 words)

"Maxwell Bright" and "Mardi Gras: Made in China" Take Florida Film Festival Kudos Sundance 2005 competition film "Mardi Gras: Made in China" documents the globalization of one of the world's biggest parties, with the manufacturing of the beads typically used by revelers during Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans. The film traces the beads from their origins in a factory in Fuzhou, China to the often decadent distribution of the beads by partygoers. Directed by Tim Kirkman, who was on hand to collect the prize (and pet the gator), the film is the story of estranged families in various areas of North Carolina. www.indiewire.com /onthescene/onthescene_050419fff.html   (634 words)

Programme - Flickerfest International Short Film Festival 2006 A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her. Berlin Film Festival 2005, Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival 2005, Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2005, Toronto Gay & Lesbian Festival 2005. Venice Film Festival in Competition 2005, London Film Festival 2005, Palm Springs Short Film Festival 2005. www.flickerfest.com.au /programme.asp?proid=163   (398 words)

Mardi Gras hosts week of films Based on Randy Shilts' book of the same name, the film is particularly critical of the US government, personified by Ronald Reagan, and its inaction in the early years of the epidemic. Director John Greyson said the idea for the film started in 1987, when he was shown a magazine with the headline, “The man who brought AIDS to North America” -- the story of the French-Canadian airline steward blamed for bringing HIV to the US. Female Misbehaviour, by German film maker Monika Treut, best known for her film The Virgin Machine, explores a series of portraits of “misbehaving women”, including a portrait of the infamous anti-feminist Dr Camille Paglia -- “Everyone in the world knows that women are the dominant sex. www.greenleft.org.au /back/1994/131/131p20.htm   (841 words)

Oh Myer: parade falls a league short of the rest - Stay in Touch - National Cinema Two and the projection box, where the Chauvel keeps its films, were also flooded. Because Cinema One had just starting a screening of the music documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston when the roof cracked open, we wondered if the disaster could be attributed to a devious sprite. But Wake prefers to think of it as an act of God, because only one film in the projection room was damaged: a trailer of Singin' in the Rain. www.smh.com.au /stayintouch   (1368 words)

Mardi Gras: Holidays at Canadian Content   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Original New Orleans folk art souvenirs of Mardi Gras made from antique wooden shutters, beads and streamers. Mardi Gras beads and necklaces, carnival supplies and party decorations. Mardi Gras beads, fashion accessories, masks and deocrating supplies. www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Shopping/Holidays/Mardi_Gras   (612 words)

FSU Film School: Warren Report 07-31-1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) Current Students: new applications for the medical insurance available to students through the University have arrived and are available on the reception desk in the main office. If any Film School alum is looking for a change, call Dana at6 310 456 3504 and she'll put you together with the recruiter. He's currently developing a distance-learning program and is deep into the historical research for his scripts, and enjoying teaching his film classes. www.fsu.edu /~film/warrenreport/1998/07-31-98.html   (1383 words)

village voice > people > The Interview by Nick Mamatas Poppy Z. Brite, author of the novels Liquor, Prime, and the forthcoming Soul Kitchen, has been chronicling the life of New Orleans through the experiences of working class gay men, millionaire chefs, and even serial killers, for over two decades. Poppy, whose characters lived in her fictional version of the wrecked Lower Ninth Ward, thinks there is a lot to celebrate. I've not heard a lot of naysaying within the city (other than our famously backpedaling mayor, who said we should have Carnival, then denied he'd said it, then started spouting off about confectionery and God's will). villagevoice.com /people/0610,mamatas,72289,24.html   (681 words)

FSU Film School: Warren Report 03-11-2004 One of our MFA thesis films, The Sky is Falling, is filming in Birmingham, AL this week and next. All crew will be feed, and depending on positions of crew members will receive a copy of the film short. The awards will be presented to the producers of each of the films in Los Angeles in events March 28 and 29, 2004. www.fsu.edu /~film/warrenreport/2004/03-11-2004.html   (1688 words)

Spillway Review -- Mardi Gras Special Collection Next year we plan to have perfected our special Mardi Gras software, allowing real Mardi Gras beads to be thrown at viewers from their computer screens in response to the cry, "Throw me somethin' Mister." This collection will be available in archives after Mardi Gras 2004. We continue to seek submissions of Mardi Gras material. www.spillwayreview.com /mardigras.html   (75 words)

Australian Film Commission: Searchable Film Database DANCING IN THE DARK explores gay and lesbian lives in Australia through the 20 year history of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Through the eyes of the '78ers', a group who participated in the first Mardi Gras, DANCING IN THE DARK reveals very personal yet fascinating stories as well as the '78ers' experience during the first, now historic, Mardi Gras. For statistics about the Australian film industry including annual production figures, box-office and admissions please refer to Get the Picture (industry statistics). www.afc.gov.au /filmsandawards/filmdbsearch.aspx?view=title&title=DANINT   (162 words)

All on a Mardi Gras Day (Spyboy Pictures) - Film Sales Distributors Market - Film TV Production Mandy's Directory Mardi Gras Indians, Zulus, Baby Dolls and Skeletons. This entertaining program presents the history of these unique traditions from colonial days to the present, with a rocking score of New Orleans Mardi Gras music. If you have a completed film seeking distribution, create a shop window for it here. www.mandy.com /1/film3.cfm?id=3030   (162 words)

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