Dan Merchant: no fair weather filmmaker
I first met filmmaker Dan Merchant last February when he came to do a screening of his documentary, Lord Save Us From Your Followers, in my hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Although the movie was great, it was what happened after the screening that impressed me the most. Instead of escaping out a side door, Merchant spent [...]
Asking for Directions
Join documentary filmmaker Patrick Pelham on a different kind of road trip, as he asks for directions not only to the nearest town, but to the meaning of life. On camera, yet refreshingly off the cuff, Pelham's interviews with "roadside prophets" such as artists, writers and musicians result in a colorful scrapbook of unscripted insights-- from big questions like how to live authentically to little mysteries like whether Guinness tastes best on Irish soil. Venturing off the map and coloring outside the lines, Asking for Directions is one travel experience you won't find in any brochure.
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