Spark: A Burning Man Story (2013)

Directed by

Steve Brown, Jessie Deeter

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert where thousands of people build a temporary city based on gifting. It shows both the large-scale art and partying as well as the personal challenges of the individual artists who create it.

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What happens

Spark: A Burning Man Story is a 2013 independent documentary film with its world premiere at the South by Southwest film festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. That is about some 60,000 or so people that gather from around the world for a week at the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert of Nevada to collaborate building a temporary city that operates on a "gifting" economy where nothing is bought or sold. Participants bring in everything; food, water, and shelter. The week features large-scale art installations and partying, at the conclusion of the week a celebration in the ritual burning of a giant effigy, and after one week, take it all away. The film also focuses on the individual artists and their dreams and struggles. The Burning Man organization is made up of 50 year-round staff and over 4,000 volunteers. Burning Man operates on ten principles or ideologies written by founder Larry Harvey. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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