Mobile Mardi Gras: Mother of Mystics

University of Alabama Center for Public Television · February 7, 1988

Mardi Gras is more than an annual celebration in Mobile, it is an art form so deeply woven into the fabric of this place, that there is a reason the city is called the Mother of Mystics. This piece looks at all the different elements that make up Mardi Gras including the building and creation of floats, the dances, the Mardi Gras Queens, and more. It also looks at the history of Mardi Gras both in Mobile and elsewhere, the impacts of Mardi Gras on the city, as well as some of the major players including Joe Cain and Michael Kraft