简介：TheOrderofMythsisa2008documentaryfilmdirectedbyMargaretBrown.ItfocusesontheMardiGrascelebrationsinMobile,Alabama,theoldestintheUnitedStates.Itrevealstheseparatemysticsocietiesestablishedandmaintainedbyblackandwhitegroups,andacknowledgesthecomplexracialhistoryofacitywithaslaveholdingpast.Whileshowingthemysticsocieties'tiestoeconomic,classandracialstratification,thefilmalsoshowedthebeginningsofinteractionbetweentheblackandwhitecourts.ItalsotellssomeofthehistoryofAfricatown,acommunityformednorthofMobilein1860byAfricansfromGhana,transportedillegallyasslavestoMobiledecadesaftertheendoftheslavetrade. ThefilmcompetedintheDocumentaryCompetitionatthe2008SundanceFilmFestival.[1]IthadalimitedreleaseinNewYorkonJuly25,2008,andranonIndependentLens,aPBSseriesfeaturingindependentfilms,in2009.[2]ItwasdistributedbyTheCinemaGuild.…