Journey To The Flames: Same Same but Different (2011)

Journey To The Flames, 2011 (82 mins)
By Doug Jacobson

Courtyard opens at 2pm with Interactive Installations and Art Installations. At 3pm we will start our NEWBIE ORIENTATION in the courtyard. If this is your first time going to Burning Man you dont want to miss this event. Bring your questions and probably a pad and pen to take notes. And if you are a veteran, please bring your pearls of playa wisdom to share. Please dress in your playa finest because at 6:00pm we will have a BURNER FASHION SHOW . Everyone is welcome to participate. Screening at 7:30. Q&A immediately following.

If you think you have seen this film before, you are mistaken. This is the NEW EDITION called "Same Same but Different." Journey to the Flames follows a group of friends on their voyages to Black Rock City over the course of 11 years. From their initial stop in Reno for last minute supplies to the construction of their theme camp, The Petting Zoo. Director Doug Jacobson and his campmates wise-crack and offer philosophical insight on subjects from civic participation to radical self-expression. In this documentary Jacobson and crew also offer detailed explanations of the Burning Man, it’s community, volunteerism and annual art themes.

With breathtaking shots of playa art, costumes, mobile art, flame effects and fire dancing the film includes interviews with Larry Harvey, Harley K. Dubois, Will Roger and Danger Ranger. As a first person perspective, Journey to the Flames, is a great film for newbies and first timers to Black Rock City. Includes mild nudity.

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Q&A following the film Burning Man Founders, Larry Harvey and Marian Goodell, and Film Makers, Doug Jacobson and Steven Binder. 

Larry Harvey is currently executive director of the Project. He serves as chairman of Burning Man's senior staff and Black Rock City LLC, its executive committee. He also co-chairs the organization's Art Department, scripts and co-curates Burning Man's annual art theme, and collaborates with artists in creating aspects of the art theme and the design of Black Rock City. He produces Burning Man's annual newsletter and writes articles and essays for the Project's website. As spokesperson for Burning Man, he is frequently interviewed by reporters, and he has lectured on subjects as diverse as art, religion, civic planning and the rise of cyber-culture in the era of the Internet. Larry is also a political planner. He supervises the organization's lobbying efforts and frequently attends meetings with state, county and federal agencies.

Marian Goodell has been a member of the 6-person ownership structure of Burning Man, an interactive, participant-oriented, week-long event, since late 1996. Goodell has been Burning Man's Director of Business and Communications since 1997; and in 2003 she added oversight of the Department of Public Works, the production team responsible for setting up and tearing down Burning Man's event infrastructure in the Black Rock Desert. In 1997 Goodell worked with Burning Man participants to create a Regional Network supporting their local communities, inspiring civic participation, and engaging people through Burning Man's ethics and values. As of 2009, the Regional Network includes over 160 individuals in 125 locations worldwide.

Doug Jacobson, the director, editor and executive producer, finds himself obsessed with sub-cultures. Graduating from USC film school in the early 90's, he has since become an award winning editor, has written several scripts, and is has been directing documentaries and music videos for years. He has since made several documentaries, including "Secret Lives of Adult Stars" a journey behind the scenes in the porn industry and most recently, “Faire: An American Renaissance”, a chronicle of the Renaissance Pleasure Faire history and sub-culture.   He is currently working on "the Dominion", a true story about women in the LA BDSM underground.

Steven D. Binder, the guy who plays the ukelele and held the camera sometimes, finds himself obsessed with Doug's obsessions. His therapy bills are cheaper and who has the time these days anyway to have their own obsessions? Also a graduate of USC, Binder has worked as a writer for such shows as The Invisible Man, Tremors (the Series), Dead Zone and Star Trek: Enterprise. His feature credits include "Eating LA" and National Lampoon's "Totally Baked, A Potumentary". He is currently employed as a Co-Executive Producer on the CBS dramatic series, NCIS. And is the Chairman of the "Really, Guys, Trust Me…We Do NOT Want To Run Out Of Water" Foundation.

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