The story of a Lakota Native American man torn between his ancestral home and a career in the big city inspired two U.S. filmmakers to invest 13 years into “Without Arrows.” Their doc, which is slated to premiere onscreen in December or early next year, was one of eight U.S.-made projects pitched at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival this week as part of the New Visions Forum development program.
Alongside other upcoming creative docs on subjects ranging from a sci-fi take on the deadly effects of heat in Phoenix, Arizona (Lynne Siefert’s “Valley of the Night”) to Riley Hooper’s “Vestibule,” a look at the societal challenges faced by women with vulvar disorders, “Without Arrows” impressed Ji.hlava industry attendees with its compelling story.
Co-director Elizabeth Day, herself a member of the Ojibwe nation from Minnesota, joined forces with co-director Jonathan Olshefski, she says, after...
Alongside other upcoming creative docs on subjects ranging from a sci-fi take on the deadly effects of heat in Phoenix, Arizona (Lynne Siefert’s “Valley of the Night”) to Riley Hooper’s “Vestibule,” a look at the societal challenges faced by women with vulvar disorders, “Without Arrows” impressed Ji.hlava industry attendees with its compelling story.
Co-director Elizabeth Day, herself a member of the Ojibwe nation from Minnesota, joined forces with co-director Jonathan Olshefski, she says, after...
- 10/28/2023
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – The 24th Chicago Underground Film Festival (Cuff) wrapped on June 4th, 2017, and announced their award winners on June 7th. Taking the Audience Award, the top prize at Cuff, was the closing night film “Manchild: The Last of the Lawsonians.” As a bonus, the 97 year-old star of the film, Merle Lawson, got the opportunity to bask in the limelight, as he appeared on behalf of the film.
The documentary – directed by Ryan Sarnowski – focuses on Merle Hayden, age 90-something, the last member of the utopian movement Lawsonomy, which seeks to preserve the legacy of his Commander, Alfred Lawson. Lawson invented the United States’ first passenger airliner, but his company went bankrupt during the Great Depression. Dismayed by the economic policies at work, Lawson created the Direct Credits Society, a movement against what Lawson called “the one percent” (sound familiar?) The Society advocated for economic reform and “justice for everyone that harms no one.
The documentary – directed by Ryan Sarnowski – focuses on Merle Hayden, age 90-something, the last member of the utopian movement Lawsonomy, which seeks to preserve the legacy of his Commander, Alfred Lawson. Lawson invented the United States’ first passenger airliner, but his company went bankrupt during the Great Depression. Dismayed by the economic policies at work, Lawson created the Direct Credits Society, a movement against what Lawson called “the one percent” (sound familiar?) The Society advocated for economic reform and “justice for everyone that harms no one.
- 6/9/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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