“Cowboy Christmas” follows four professional rodeo cowboys (steer wrestlers) as they travel the rodeo circuit in the two weeks leading up to the Fourth of July, looking for rodeo fame and fortune. The two weeks before the Fourth of July are unofficially called Cowboy Christmas, because there are 65 rodeos across 25 states and that many chances for the cowboys to win money.
NOTE: Synopsis are typically provided directly by the filmmaker themselves. Often English is not their first language. We ask reader’s understanding for less-than-perfect language and grammar
Category: Documentary / Culture Country: U.S. Language: English Rating: G Runtime: 81 min. Director: Sam Macon, Faythe Levine Producer: Timm Gable, Jonah Mueller
As recently as the 1980s, storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards and even street signs were hand lettered with brush and paint. But, like many skilled trades, the sign industry has been overrun by the techno-fueled promise of quicker and cheaper. The resulting proliferation of computer-designed, die-cut vinyl lettering and ink-jet printers has ushered a creeping sameness into our landscape. Read more
Robert and Angel, a homeless couple, are trying to make a normal life for themselves. When we first meet them, they are living under a bridge and biking four miles every day to downtown Madison, Wisconsin where they sell Street Pulse, a newspaper about people such as themselves.
The two met on the street just months after Robert’s release from prison. Now 51, Robert served 26 years for a terrible crime. Angel, 22, diagnosed as bi-polar, was kicked out of her family’s home for repeated bouts of binge drinking. Separated in age by nearly 30 years, they are as unlikely a couple as one might meet, yet they are not only devoted to each other, they are gradually working their way off the street, through hard work and support of a network of volunteers and social services providers.
Street Pulse, the documentary, chronicles Robert and Angel’s life together from the balmy days of summer through the harsh Wisconsin winter. Along the way, we meet other homeless newspaper vendors whose struggles and small successes bring to life the world of a group of people often ignored while trying to survive on the margins of society.
Songs composed and performed by street musicians create a soundtrack that provides another layer of authenticity to this documentary and helps tell the story of the people featured in the film.
NOTE: Synopsis are typically provided directly by the filmmaker themselves. Often English is not their first language. We ask reader’s understanding for less-than-perfect language and grammar
Wisconsinite Bob Murray finds himself in the awkward position of being a bachelor at 34 while all of his peers are settling down and starting families. Read more
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Cowboy Christmas
in WI-IL Documentaries 2014Sat Feb 15, 2014 – 2:00 pm — Domenico’s Tickets
Sun Feb 16, 2014 – 2:00 pm — Café Fromage #1 Tickets
Community Partner: Beloit Snappers
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Rating: PG
Runtime: 90 min.
Director: H.D. Motyl
Producer: H.D. Motyl
Synopsis:
“Cowboy Christmas” follows four professional rodeo cowboys (steer wrestlers) as they travel the rodeo circuit in the two weeks leading up to the Fourth of July, looking for rodeo fame and fortune. The two weeks before the Fourth of July are unofficially called Cowboy Christmas, because there are 65 rodeos across 25 states and that many chances for the cowboys to win money.
NOTE: Synopsis are typically provided directly by the filmmaker themselves. Often English is not their first language. We ask reader’s understanding for less-than-perfect language and grammar
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Sign Painters
in Documentaries 2014, WI-IL Documentaries 2014, BIFF @ Janesville 2014Fri Feb 14, 2014 – 7:30 pm — Café Fromage #2 Tickets
Sat Feb 15, 2014 – 7:30 pm — Café Fromage #2 Tickets
Thu Feb 20, 2014 – 7:30 pm — Domenico’s Tickets
Sun Feb 23, 2014 – 2:00 pm — Bagels & More Tickets
Community Partners: Century 21 Real Estate, Grinnell Hall
Sign Painters
Always hand paint
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Rating: G
Runtime: 81 min.
Director: Sam Macon, Faythe Levine
Producer: Timm Gable, Jonah Mueller
Synopsis:
As recently as the 1980s, storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards and even street signs were hand lettered with brush and paint. But, like many skilled trades, the sign industry has been overrun by the techno-fueled promise of quicker and cheaper. The resulting proliferation of computer-designed, die-cut vinyl lettering and ink-jet printers has ushered a creeping sameness into our landscape. Read more
Street Pulse
in WI-IL Documentaries 2014, BIFF @ Janesville 2014Fri Feb 14, 2014 – 7:30pm — Café Fromage #1 Tickets
Sun Feb 16, 2014 – 12:00 pm — Café Fromage #1 Tickets
Community Partner: GIFTS Men’s Shelter | Janesville
Street Pulse
A Story of Hope and the Homeless
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Rating: PG
Runtime: 68 min.
Director: Marc Kornblatt
Producer: Marc Kornblatt
Synopsis:
Robert and Angel, a homeless couple, are trying to make a normal life for themselves. When we first meet them, they are living under a bridge and biking four miles every day to downtown Madison, Wisconsin where they sell Street Pulse, a newspaper about people such as themselves.
The two met on the street just months after Robert’s release from prison. Now 51, Robert served 26 years for a terrible crime. Angel, 22, diagnosed as bi-polar, was kicked out of her family’s home for repeated bouts of binge drinking. Separated in age by nearly 30 years, they are as unlikely a couple as one might meet, yet they are not only devoted to each other, they are gradually working their way off the street, through hard work and support of a network of volunteers and social services providers.
Street Pulse, the documentary, chronicles Robert and Angel’s life together from the balmy days of summer through the harsh Wisconsin winter. Along the way, we meet other homeless newspaper vendors whose struggles and small successes bring to life the world of a group of people often ignored while trying to survive on the margins of society.
Songs composed and performed by street musicians create a soundtrack that provides another layer of authenticity to this documentary and helps tell the story of the people featured in the film.
NOTE: Synopsis are typically provided directly by the filmmaker themselves. Often English is not their first language. We ask reader’s understanding for less-than-perfect language and grammar
Read more
Date America
in BIFF Year Round Films, Documentaries 2014, WI-IL Documentaries 2014, BIFF @ Janesville 2014Date America
8 Dates, 8 States, 1 Road Trip.
Country: U.S.
Language: English
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 86 min.
Director: Bob Murray
Producer: Bob Murray
Synopsis:
Wisconsinite Bob Murray finds himself in the awkward position of being a bachelor at 34 while all of his peers are settling down and starting families. Read more