The Burning Sensation
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alex Nohe
Aaron Wolf
Larry Harvey
Donnie Donson
Nate Foll
Will Roger
Film Details
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Synopsis
A look at the unusual, annual Burning Man Festival, filmed mostly during the 1999 premillenial event in which some 24,000 made the pilgrimage to the desert to practice radical self-reliance and self-expression in a temporary, commerce-free community in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. At the end of the week, they burned a 50-foot high, neon-lit, wooden effigy in a wild, naked, tribal all-night celebration. What started in 1986 as an impromptu Summer Solstice celebration, put on by a few friends as a Beach in San Francisco, has turned into a full-blown exercise in city-planning and management.
Director
Alex Nohe
Cast
Aaron Wolf
Larry Harvey
Donnie Donson
Nate Foll
Will Roger
Crimson Rose
Kalman Spellitich
Crew
Joey Altruda
Aaron Wolf Baum
Chuck Cirino
James Frisa
Mareian Goodell
Travis Harrod
Martin Lopez
Cassandra Marshall
Alex Nohe
Alex Nohe
Alex Nohe
Mark Oguschewitz
Pilar Otero
Charles Raggio
Alan Roberts
David Smith
Chris Stong
Ted Trost
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall September 6, 2002
Released in United States September 6, 2002
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Starfish Documentaries) October 11-15, 2000.
Shown at IFP Market/ IFFM in New York City September 15-22, 2000.
Shown at New York Underground Film Festival March 7-13, 2001.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (World Premiere) March 2-12, 2000.
Shown in Los Angeles (American Cinematheque) as part of series "The Alternative Screen: A Forum For Independent Film Exhibition and Beyond..." Augusst 10, 2000.
35mm
color
Released in United States Fall September 6, 2002
Released in United States September 6, 2002 (Cinema Village; New York City)
