Mike Hedge
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Watch: Behind-the-Scenes at Burning Man in As the Dust Settles
With the annual Burning Man conference underway, now is a good time to revisit what producer and editor Mike Hedge calls a “participatory documentary,” As the Dust Settles. Shot at the festival, the doc uses a number of collaborating directors (Roger Ingraham, Katheryn McGaffigan, Jamie Dee, Jeremy Lubman, and Tarynn Wiehahn) and generally superb cinematography to capture, says Hedge, “an intimate glimpse of what we discovered about love, the environment, the gift economy, reality, art, creativity, and ourselves.” As the Dust Settles is available on a wide variety of streaming and download platforms. As a special bonus, Hedge has provided […]
by Scott Macaulay on Aug 31, 2015 -
Trailer Watch: Burning Man Doc, As the Dust Settles
We’ve featured the work of filmmaker Mike Hedge on the site before, and he’s just forwarded the trailer for his “participatory documentary” shot at Burning Man, As the Dust Settles. It premieres next week at the Byron Bay Film Festival in Australia. From the site: Following a simple rule of working on this participatory documentary 50% of the time, we captured our life-changing experiences at the annual arts festival held in northern Nevada, known as Burning Man. Our documentary reveals an intimate glimpse of what we discovered about love, creativity, community, the environment, the art, the gift economy, and reality. […]
by Scott Macaulay on Feb 21, 2013 -
MIKE HEDGE’S SPECTACULAR YEAR
A couple of years ago filmmaker Mike Hedge did a great photo-compilation video out of SXSW and now he’s emailed his list with a new video that’s a diary of his 2010. I like this idea. Rather than my seldomly-updated journal something like this would actually make me want to revisit my own musings on the past. Watch “Every Day is Spectacular” here.
by Scott Macaulay on Feb 24, 2011
