"Spark: A Burning Man Story" to Screen in Collaboration with aspenFILM in Aspen On Thursday, August 1 - Documentary to Open in Theaters August 16, Digitally August 17
New York, NY (PRWEB) July 29, 2013 -- "Spark: A Burning Man Story" will screen in Aspen, CO in collaboration with aspenFILM on Thursday, August 1, in advance of the film’s upcoming theatrical release. A panel discussion following the screening will feature director Steve Brown, Aspen Seminar Moderator William Cathers, John Seeley Brown, author of A New Culture of Learning, and Aspen Institute Henry Crown fellow, Peter Hirshberg at the Aspen Institute.
"Spark: A Burning Man Story" has been heralded as one of this year’s most exciting and visually dynamic documentaries. Featuring outstanding music, unprecedented access, and stunning cinematography, it stands as the definitive film about this epic annual event.
Each year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in the dusty Nevada desert to build a temporary city and create large-scale art in a communal quest for renewal. The week culminates with the burning of a monumental effigy in a ritual frenzy. The documentary film, "Spark: A Burning Man Story," takes us behind the scenes to meet the organizers and participants and witness the challenges they face. Burning Man is an extraordinary phenomenon, full of lessons on how people can be motivated to form creative communities around a set of fundamental principles. Spark helps us confront questions concerning community, freedom, equality and justice that have challenged us since Plato's time. Is it possible these eccentric, nomadic self-organizers can provide insight into how collective action happens on an impressive scale?
"Burning Man is the ultimate lab for creative communities,” said Hirshberg. “A place with minimal government and with the most freedom and innovation. 'Spark' is a penetrating look on how this organization not only survives but also thrives. The principles that are pioneered at Burning Man are being applied to the innovation process in cities like San Francisco, Singapore and London everyday.”
"Spark: A Burning Man Story" will be available in theaters August 16 and available on VOD August 17. For more information, please visit: http://www.sparkpictures.com.
To purchase tickets for the August 1 screening at Paepcke Auditorium at the Aspen Institute, call 970.920.5770 or visit the Wheeler Opera House box office, or online at http://www.aspenshowtix.com.
Brooke Medansky, BOND Strategy and Influence, +1 212-354-2384, [email protected]
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