Fargo Docs Brings the Art of Film to the Community
BY SCOTTIE KNOLLIN
Fargo Docs, a new documentary film series presented by Tellwell Story Co. + Studio, lights up the historic Fargo Theatre with its first season of programming beginning April 13. Fargo Docs is championing the art of film to raise awareness, challenge perspectives, and inspire audiences by making highly-regarded documentaries accessible to the Fargo community.
Each film screens at 7:00 p.m. at the Fargo Theatre. Tickets are available at the Fargo Theatre or online.
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
April 13 - 7:00 p.m. - GET TICKETS
SYNOPSIS: Recounting the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut, and the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it.
Directed by Robert B. Weide and Don Argott; 2021
Winner of the Hoosier Award and the IFJA Award for Best Documentary by the Indiana Film Journalists Association.
Unbranded
May 8 - 7:00 p.m. - GET TICKETS
SYNOPSIS: Unbranded follows four men and sixteen mustangs on an epic 3,000-mile journey from Mexico to Canada through the American West to inspire adoptions for the 50,000 wild horses and burros in government captivity.
Directed by Phillip Baribeau; 2015
Winner of Best Documentary at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the Bronze Wrangler Award for Western Documentary by Western Heritage Awards.
Man on Wire
June 11 - 7:00 p.m. - GET TICKETS
SYNOPSIS: A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
Directed by James Marsh; 2008
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the BAFTA for Best British Film. The film also received Best Documentary awards from Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Austin Film Critics Association, Boston Society of Film Critics, British Independent Film Awards, Critics Choice Awards, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Houston Film Critics Society Awards, International Documentary Association, Kansas City Film Critics Circle, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, National Board of Review, National Society of Film Critics Circle, Oklahoma Film Critics Circle, Online Film Critics Society, Producers Guild of America, Phoenix Film Critics Society, San Diego Film Critics Society, Southeastern Film Critics Association, St. Louis Film Critics Association, Sundance Film Festival, Toronto Film Critics Association, Utah Film Critics Association, and the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association.
