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New Orleans Tourism – 300 Years

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To celebrate 300 years of New Orleans' iconic Mardi Gras carnival - a festival which traces its roots back to medieval Europe - the city's tourist board has commissioned this breathtaking film.

Directed by Biscuit's Rachel McDonald and produced by Tool, the film is a sensory delight, shimmering with shots of colourful beads, revelry and feasting (you can almost feel the numbing tang of rainbow-hued shaved ice on your tongue), intercut with glimpses of crumbling cemeteries, where little girls in white dresses wander. 

Overlaid with the atmospheric words of Maya Angelou's Still I Rise, it perfectly captures the mystery, joy and pageantry of Fat Tuesday. Now, where did we put our passport? 


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