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DESCRIPTION:MARDI GRAS: MADE IN CHINA\nPresented by Ashley Sabin\n \nThis vivid and 
 poignant documentary follows the "bead trail" from the factory in China to 
 Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras, exposing the inequities of globalization. 
 First-time director David Redmon cleverly illuminates the clash of cultures 
 by juxtaposing American excess and consumer culture against the harsh life 
 of the Chinese factory worker. The film confronts both cultural and 
 economic globalism by humanizing the commodity chain from China to the 
 United States. Redmon follows the stories of four 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 factory life with 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 party goers 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. \n\nBefore and after the film, everyone's 
 invited to indulge in our Humanist Tea House. \n\n$5 donations accepted. 
 \n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/19/18379297.php
SUMMARY:Mardi Gras: Made in China
LOCATION:Humanist Hall \n390 27th Street \nmidtown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway, below Pill Hill \nhttp://www.HumanistHall.net \n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/19/18379297.php
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