CONFESSIONS OF A BURNING MAN

CONFESSIONS OF A BURNING MAN

"Confessions of a Burning Man" is a new documentary film by Paul Barnett and Unsu Lee tracking four New Yorkers on their first visit to the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert. Burning Man has grown from a small, spontaneous art event in 1986 to an annual gathering of over 30,000 people from all over the world. The film portrays it as an alternative experience of community, one that invites its "citizens" to a dramatic departure from their daily lives. "While art is the backbone of Burning Man," say the filmmakers, "other tenets include no spectators, no vending, no commercialism and 'leave no trace.'” The film shows in New York February 27-March 5, 2004, before a multicity tour. See a trailer on the Web.

Confessions of a Burning Man