Dust & Illusion: A 30 Year History of Burning Man - Screening

After 9 months of sold out screenings through the states, and a success at San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, the film is presented by the Philadelphia Film Society for a unique screening.

TICKETS $8/$20 (Only 120 seats available):
http://dustandillusions.com/blog/philadelphia-screening-feb-3rd-2010

ABOUT THE FILM: Dust & Illusions explores 30 years of history of the Burning Man event. Born in the underground of San Francisco in the 1980s, the festival became the largest counter- cultural event in North America. It is unique in that it is created by the people who come to the event, the participants, not the organizers, and in that sense it has survived its original ideals/utopias, but the ideas have been eroded by time, pressure from the larger society. The film is a look at this necessary evolution and expansion and questions our ability to stand behind those ideals over a lifetime.

KEVIN BALKTICK: "Dust and Illusions is the only worthwhile documentary about Burning Man. Most are navel-gazing, utopian affairs. This movie is a candid look at the event’s history and development from a simple beach party (with a huge burning wooden man) into a 50,000 person weeklong adventure in the desert. It highlights many of the artists behind the monumental sculptural installations, and gives a voice to its discontents as well as cult members."