Some call Slab City the Last Free Place, attracted by no-cost camping and supposed self-government. But life here is not free. Long-term residents (called Slabbers) must confront the ever-hotter-and-drier desert climate without standard electricity, running water, nor sewage system.
Join High & Dry collaborators on their journey navigating three days of co-creation in this circus full of artists, dreamers, thinkers, and what the event organizers call “facilitators of sensitive but provocative interactions" — otherwise known as the Bombay Beach Biennale.
The film screens July 2 at the Landmark Westwood Theatre, immediately following with a pre-recorded Q&A with award-winning Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur.
In its 25th anniversary year, Fine Cut Festival of Films hosted a summit to help student filmmakers navigate the festival circuit with the advice of an esteemed group of panelists from many aspects of the film industry — writing, directing, programming, educating, and more.