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Title:	Mardi Gras: Made in China--Los Angeles Premiere
START DATE:	8/11/2006
START TIME:	5:00 PM
Duration:	1 Hours
Location:	Laemmle Fairfax 3 Theater
Location Details:
7907 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles CA
Event Topic:	labor
Event Type:	screening
Contact Name:	Ashley Sabin
Contact Email:	ashley@mardigrasmadeinchina.com
Contact Phone:	203 417-3136
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fingers.jpg, image/jpeg, 720x480 Hello All, We hope your summer is going well. Here?s the newest update of the documentary film Mardi Gras: Made in China! The next theatrical screening is at Laemmle Theatre Fairfax 3, 7907 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA Starting Friday August 11 through Thursday August 17. Please come and support the screening of this important film during its one-week stay at the theater. To buy your tickets in advance or for directions and times, visit www.laemmle.com The Human Rights Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival have recognized this film for its exploration of the lifecycle of Mardi Gras beads from New Orleans to the factory in China where they are made by young women. It confronts both cultural and economic globalism by humanizing the commodity chain. To learn more about Mardi Gras: Made In China, or read our weekly blog please visit www.mardigrasmadeinchina.com. Please circulate this email and invite friends, family members, and strangers to one of the screenings. If you are not based out of Los Angeles please tell friends that are. We are self-distributing and promoting the film and we value your word of mouth support. If you have any questions about the film or the screenings, please feel free to contact us. We have been editing long and hard this summer for the release of our next film, working title, 712 Alvar Street. It should be completed in the next few months. We will keep you posted. Also if you are interested in organizing a screening in a city near you please contact Ashley! We look forward to seeing you at the screening! Ashley Sabin Producer ashley@mardigrasmadeinchina.com David Redmon Director david@mardigrasmadeinchina.com Tagline: Beads, Breasts, and Business: A Story of Globalization Gone Wild! Mardi Gras: Made in China follows Mardi Gras beads from the naked streets of New Orleans to the disciplined factories in China. Redmon follows the stories of three teenage women workers in the largest Mardi Gras bead factory in the world, providing insights into their economic realities, self sacrifice, and dreams of a better life, and the severe discipline imposed by living and working in a factory compound. Interweaving 24 hours of factory life with 24 hours of Mardi Gras festivities, the film opens the blind eye of consumerism by visually introducing workers and festival-goers to each other. A dialogue results when bead-wearing partiers are shown images of the teenage Chinese workers and asked if they know the origin of their beads, while the factory girls view pictures of Americans exchanging beads, soliciting more beads, and decadently celebrating. The conversation reveals the glaring truth about the real benefactors of the Chinese workers' hard labor and exposes the extreme contrast between women's lives and liberty in both cultures.

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