A documentary on Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, & how the event continues to be racially segregated. There is a "white" Mardi Gras & a "black" Mardi Gras, both with their own king & queen. They have separate parades on the same day, Fat Tuesday of course.
I have family in Louisiana, where the black/white line is still drawn firmly, so the subject is not new to me. The thing that I liked about this particular film was that it showed the two royal couples making an effort to accept the other, giving us hope for the future.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1157694/
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