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World
Circus Culture, a feature
documentary film, needs help finishing!
See
how you can be a part of the film and watch videos at http://www.indiegogo.com/World-Circus-Culture-Documentary
After
filming all over Europe, the US, Canada, and Peru, editing has begun on the
film. Director / Producer Angela Snow, and Emmy Award winner editor, Emma
Morris, are putting 200 hours of circus footage together to reveal the
behind the scenes life, history, and culture of circus on an international
scale as never seen before.
World
Circus Culture,
follows five circus acts from different countries as they rehearse and compete
at the 2010 International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo. The five acts that are followed closely in the film
are Cirque du Soleil Russian Bar Act, the Duss Family Sea Lions, Rob
Torres the Clown, Troupe Yakubov the Strap Act, and Martin Lacey, Jr.
the Lion Act. A video of Martin Lacey Jr. and his lions in Stuttgart has been
watch over 12,000 times and can be seen here - http://youtu.be/GW9Oa15_NC8
The
final interviews conducted for the film were with Kenneth Feld, the owner
of Ringling Bros., Paul Binder, the founder of the Big Apple Circus,
and the owner of a tiny circus in the middle of the jungle of Peru. Each
had an interested perspective on circus. Paul Binder spoke about its evolution how circus
used to be about competing with film and TV, but now it’s more a competition
with computers. Even in the tiny town in Peru, circus people are the same,
as the 3rd generation owner of the circus explained that circus “runs in my
veins”. With the rehearsals for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s
next seasons “Dragons” show in the background, Kenneth talked of the business
of circus and the “international city” that a traveling circus really is.
In
this day and age, filmmaking is a very social and collaborative effort and
filmmaker, Angela Snow, is testing these new methods with an online fundraiser
to raise $12,000 in 30 days.
Visit
the link for more information and watch a 3min preview trailer of the
film
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