Sunday, March 25, 6:15 PM at Enzian - Purchase tickets
Wednesday, March 28, 4:15 PM at Regal - Purchase tickets

OFF THE GRID: LIFE ON THE MESA
USA, 2006, 70 MIN
DIRECTED BY JEREMY & RANDY STULBERG

Welcome to The Mesa, a remote community hidden in the stunning but brutal environs of the rural Southwest--untroubled by the burdens of modern civilization: no electricity, no running water, no law, and no law enforcement. The "largest free-range insane asylum in America," the Mesa is inhabited by 300-plus PTSD-ridden vets, runaways, survivalists, and other varieties of outlaws and optimists--all committed to living without restraint in an unvarnished version of the original American dream. Both idyllic and anarchic, the community of outsiders includes a range of unforgettable personalities engaged in the challenge of good neighborliness, smoking guns, and smoking dope. At the Mesa, you don't call nine-one-one; you call three-five-seven--as in caliber. The Stulberg siblings craft an exquisite study of this utterly astonishing experiment in American self-invention. Gorgeous images complement a complete narrative, a well defined moral center, and a cast of real characters who will both inspire and terrify you.

Preceded by:

FRIDAYS AT THE FARM
USA, 2006, 19 MIN
DIRECTED BY RICHARD POWER HOFFMANN
Southeast Premiere

Lush time-lapse photography and macro photography (20,000 images) detail the life cycle of crops and families in a communal garden. A delightful harvest!