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A HIGHWAY CALLED 301 IN POST-PRODUCTION

an audio/visual archaeology of U.S. Highway 301

U.S. Route 301, designated in 1932 as a spur of U.S. Route 1, runs from Sarasota, Florida northward through the Atlantic states and ends just beyond the Delaware Bridge.  Presently, one-thousand and ninety-nine miles of highway connect small towns, bisect otherwise rural landscapes, and provide a vital corridor for commerce and travel. 

A multitude of abandoned structures pepper the landscape and provide evidence of a cultural apparatus that extends both spatially (alongside the highway) and temporally (into past-present-future).  What can the fragmentary evidence of remaining structures, or archi-textures, tell us about the past-present-future cultures who occupy these spaces?  This audio-visual study seeks to answer this question, less in the form of visual-anthropology (ethnographic documentary) and more in the uncharted territory of visual-archaeology (science-non-fiction). 

IMMOKALEE U.S.A. & CRACKER CRAZY TELEVISION PREMIERE

The Documentary Channel and Substream Films have partnered to bring Cracker Crazy: Invisibile Histories of the Sunshine State and Immokalee U.S.A. to television audiences nationwide.  The July 13th television premiere will bring Georg Koszulinski's subversive documentaries to over 21 million homes. 

View the complete press release and the DOC Channel interview with Georg Koszulinski.



DEAD BUFFALO TO HAVE ITS EAST COAST PREMIERE



 The Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and the Maine International Film Festival are set to screen Substream Film's latest production.
"Scored to a terrific soundtrack by Indie band Desperanto, Dead Buffalo examines American culture through the eyes of Charlie Johnson, terminally ill but embarking on a road trip from the American south to the Great Plains of the West, reluctantly accompanied by his son, Dusty. A road movie with a real ending, Dead Buffalo is a testament to native American resiliency—in both our culture and as embodied in the very process of filmmaking."  (program notes, 12th Annual Maine International Film Festival)



Dusty (Drew Blair) and Charlie Johnson (Shamrock Mcshane) play the
father/son duo in Dead Buffalo

starring:  Shamrock Mcshane, Drew Blair, Scot Davis, Matt Devine
produced by:  Georg Koszulinski, Elizabeth Slagsvol
executive producer:  Jeff G. Peters
assistant director:  Mike Mcshane
music:  Desperanto  written & directed by:  Georg Koszulinski


DEAD BUFFALO SOUNDTRACK CD RELEASE
Indie band, Desperanto, releases their collection of 15 tracks culled from the motion pictures Dead Buffalo, Immokalee U.S.A., and Road to Katahdin.  The compilation also includes 4 previously unreleased tracks.  Puchase here. 

A special presentation of the film and the cd release will take place March 8th at 5:00pm at the All Saints Cinema in Tallahassee, FL, with a reception to follow at the Fermentation Lounge.  For more information, contact Jeff G. Peters.




IMMOKALEE U.S.A. WINTER/SPRING 2009 UPDATE:

The 21st Annual U.S. Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival recently awarded Immokalee U.S.A. BEST DOCUMENTARY.  A host of festivals and universities will be presenting the film Spring/09.  For booking info, please contact us.

"The moving plight of Latino migrant workers in a typical southern Florida town is chronicled with intelligence, sensitivity and restraint in this low-key but accessibly engaging, powerfully provocative new social-economic documentary from one of the state's (and indeed the States') most promising non-fiction filmmakers. Very seldom have the “fruits” of labour seemed so hard-won, and, on reflection, so very bitter." - Program Notes, National Media Museum/Bradford Film Festival, UK


DEAD BUFFALO NEARING COMPLETION:

Dead Buffalo examines American culture through the eyes of the terminally ill Charlie Johnson. 


Dusty (Drew Blair) agrees to take his terminally-ill father, Charlie Johnson,
(Shamrock Mcshane) on a road trip from Florida to the Great Plains of the West.   


Uncle Bob (Scot Davis) is a lonely man.  He enjoys visitors and cold beer.


Dusty's brother, Dennis, (Matt Devine) curates the local poetry jam,
but attendance is often fickle.

READ THE TREATMENT & GET INVOLVED


AMERICA IN PICTURES & ITS SEQUEL, FRAGMENTS FROM AN ENDLESS WAR AVAILABLE ONLINE:

Georg Koszulinski’s experimental travelogue film, America in Pictures continues its international tour with the Ann Arbor Film Festival but the film is now available for online viewing here.

Comprised entirely of 16mm found footage, Fragments from an Endless War continues where AIP left off, examining an era that has been defined by a state of permanent economic and military warfare.  View it here.


NOVEMBER 2008:

Immokalee U.S.A., a feature length documentary chronicling the lives of migrant farmworkers in the United States, was recently awarded Best Documentary at
the Charlotte Film Festival, Best Documentary at the Somewhat North of Boston Film Festival and Docufest Atlanta awarded Georg Koszulinski Best Director. 

A limited run of DVDs are available online here.

"The immense power of this documentary comes from Koszulinski's ability to show rather than tell. This movie will haunt you for days." 

                                                                                                     - Georgia Menides, Film Threat

 

"Much more than just some kind of inside look at legalized slave labor... This truly

is an outstanding piece of documentary filmmaking…  Certainly one of

 the best independent films I have seen this year."

                                                                          - Josh Samford, Rogue Cinema

 

“Koszulinski is a real artist. Immokalee, U.S.A., is one of the most

beautiful docs I've ever seen."
      - Mike Everleth, Badlit.com

 

"...An aesthetically pure documentary in the vérité tradition... [provides] an opening for self-reflection rather than didactic sermonizing."

                                                                   - Maine International Film Festival

 

“A skillfully made documentary which highlights the plight of a group of largely ignored and forgotten people."

                                                                            - Simon Hill, Celluloid Dreams

 

“…a work of immense humility and compassion. Indeed, there is a master's

hand at play here, in what is the best documentary we've seen

in a very, very, very long time.”

  - Cinemainacave.com

 

"It's a study of the American Dream, and it's a much-needed splash

of cold water in your face."

                                                               - Drew Gemmer, The Portland Mercury

 

"There's a cinematic effect here that will color your whole day, staying visible whatever you do...  It’s what film-in-life is all about, a balance of

discovery and social engagement. It’s intense.”

                                                                        - Ted Goranson, Filmsfolded.com

FALL 2008 UPDATE:


CRACKER CRAZY was recently nominated by the American Library Association as a “Notable Video of the Year.”  Learn more about the nomination and past winners of the ALA’s video award. Cracker Crazy was also recently added to the National Film Network’s list of titles available for distribution.  The NFN focuses their efforts towards universities and libraries, including rights to public exhibition. 


AMERICA IN PICTURES, Koszulinski’s experimental travelogue film, recently screened as an Opening Night Selection at the 46th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival.  The film was selected as part of the festival’s international tour of “festival favorites,” bringing the Avant-Garde to Universities, Museums and Microcinemas across the U.S. and abroad. 

  The feature-length documentary is an account of migrant farmworkers in the U.S.A.  More dates to follow, FALL2008/WINTER2009 
View the Trailer


 GOD’S CARTOONIST, a feature-length documentary exploring the comic art of Jack Chick, the world’s most widely-distributed underground comic artist, announced as Substream’s latest DVD acquisition:

For nearly forty years, Chick Publications under the leadership of Jack T. Chick has published nearly one billion religious tracts (palm sized comics) that are now distributed in over 100 languages around the world. In the process, Jack Chick's name has become revered in the world of fundamentalist teachings, reviled among dozens of major religions and banned as hate literature in several countries including Canada.  Learn More at the film’s official website.


FEBRUARY 2008
Cracker Crazy earns Best Documentary honors from the 2008 United States Super 8 Film + Video Festival. 
Koszulinski’s experimental film, America in Pictures was recently announced as an Official Selection to the 46th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival. 
A new review of Silent Voyeur by Rogue Cinema.

WINTER 2008
Post-production is nearing completion on Immokalee U.S.A.  It’s premiere date TBA.  Cracker Crazy was recently honored with a Spirit of Independence Award at the 22nd Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival.  More screenings for 2008 have been announced.

UPDATE 10.24.2007
Principal Photography has been completed on the upcoming Substream release, Immokalee U.S.A., a documentary film examining the small migrant farmworking community in South Florida. LEARN MORE

Download the Trailer:
SMALL 53MB
LARGE 230MB

UPDATE 9.01.2007
Cracker Crazy continues its exhibition at Festivals, Independent Theatres and Microcinemas across the Southeast. America in Pictures was recently awarded Best Experimental Short at the 4th Annual Atlanta Underground Film Festival. Cracker Crazy was honored with the Indie Grit Award from the Indie Grits Film Festival in Columbia, SC. Preproduction has begun on the Substream Films production, Immokalee, U.S.A. - a documentary focusing on migrant farmworkers throughout the United States.



The Cracker Crazy ROAD SHOW - contact us to book a date - more pics here.
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"Wielding his (Super) 8mm camera like a pickax, Miami-bred filmmaker Georg Koszulinski... exposes every little-known fact, racial injustice and flat out catastrophe along the way... should probably be mandatory
viewing for all Sunshine state residents."
- Jacksonville's Folio Weekly, March 2007

 "...A brave and poignant look at the true history of Florida. Koszulinski's talent shows through in both his love and animosity for his home state. "
- Joshua Zeman, Producer, The Station Agent

"Koszulinski did his homework - he plundered state archives for vintage images and footage to mix with his own original footage... which traces the Sunshine State's history from the earliest inhabitants to the present day."
- The Tallahassee Democrat, April 20, 2007

“'Cracker' enters some impossibly foreboding and shockingly unheard of selections
from the history books... invaluable as a tool to better understand
how the state came to be."
- Brian Orndorf, EFilmCritic.com

“Stick a q-tip in one of Mickey Mouse’s ears and what comes out is ‘Cracker Crazy:’ it’s not always pretty, but it’s real. Like a tsunami scouring Florida's coastline, Koszulinski’s latest film wipes away the state’s sanitized
history to reveal the sludge underneath. I loved it.”
- Jerald T. Milanich, Curator, Florida Museum of Natural History and author, Florida Indians from Ancient Times to the Present.


CRACKER CRAZY: INVISIBLE HISTORIES OF THE SUNSHINE STATE
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Koszulinski's historical narrative tells the story of Florida's history from a decidedly different point of view. Blending archival and original footage, he brings to life a cast of historical characters spanning over 12,000 years, from Florida’s ancient Indians to the migrant farm workers of the 21st century. Meet Osceola and the Seminoles, who fought alongside escaped slaves in the most costly Indian War in American History. Unmask Florida’s Ku Klux Klan and don’t forget about Walt Disney and Henry Flagler – perhaps the two characters most responsible for the Florida we know today. “Think you know Florida? Think again. See‘Cracker Crazy’ for an eye-opening experience.”
(Paul Ortiz, Author/Historian, University of California)