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Buskers: For Love or Money Screening September 28
Posted September 22, 2008
This documentary features plenty of former and current street
performers, including the Butterfly Man, William "Master" Lee, Michael
Davis, Robert Shields, Gazzo, the Flying Dutchmen, Fireman Tony Vera,
and many others you may recognize. Comes highly recommended.
What: Buskers: For Love or Money
Description from movie's publicity:
96 Performers, 9 Countries, 3 Smoking Chainsaws... No Net!
In his directorial debut, Mad Chad Taylor, the renowned Venice Beach
chainsaw juggler, has created a one-of-a-kind documentary that goes
deep inside the hidden world of street performers. Amid rare footage
of the most shocking and inspired street acts from around the world,
one performers after another pulls back the makeshift curtain. Their
acts are astonishing; their stories, more amazing still.
Here is the tightrope walker, the razor blade muncher, the sidewalk
samurai, the tattooed man. Meet The Fireman who lost his teeth to his
fire-eating act, and the Calypso Tumbler who's buying up real estate
in the Caribbean This is the human condition at its most freakishly
wonderful.
This just in: Buskers has won BEST FILM in its world debut at
the DIY Film Festival at The American Film Institute in Los
Angeles.
When: Sunday September 28th, noon
Where: Coney Island Film Festival
Sideshow by the Seashore
3006 West 12th Street, Brooklyn, NY
Tickets: At the door or through coneyislandfilmfestival.com
More Info: buskersmovie.com
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