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Skatopia hits PBS… Brewce & Laurie Video Interview
Laurie House and Brewce Martin of Skatopia are interveiwed by Thom Hallock of Mountain Lake Journal about Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy. The movie will be playing June 11 at 11PM at the Lake Placid Film Forum.
Athens Film Festival Photos – Better late than never
This is an older post that I forgot to put up… oops!
We had a fantastic pair of screenings in Athens, OH. Sold out twice. Here are some images.
Out front of the classic Athena Theater courtesy David Hooker
Selections from Skatopia's museum
Brewce Martin's mom Pat came out
Brewce brought a high school sweetheart - Susie
Mountain Lake PBS talks up Skatopia – who’d ah thunk it? Tonight at 8:30 – Tomorrow Online
This Week on EXTRA
June 3rd, 2010 @ 8:30pm
LAKE PLACID FILM FORUM
The Lake Placid Film Forum is celebrating 10-years, with special guests including actors Hal Holbrook, Parker Posey, and authors William Kennedy and Jay Parini. The festival host screenings of 2 locally produced films, The Summers of Walter Hacks by Vermont filmmaker George Woodard; and Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy by filmmakers Colin Powers and Laurie House from Essex, New York.
For information on events and screenings: www.lakeplacidfilmforum.comSKATOPIA
We’ll talk with filmmaker Laurie House and Brewce Martin, who is the force behind the outrageous skateboard park in rural Appalacia.
DOUBLE FEATURE
Our film critic Rick Kisonak has his own mini-film-festival with a double feature of 2 of the summer blockbusters: Robin Hood and Macgruber.
Skatopia at the Lake Placid Film Forum!!
It’s fair to say that this’ll be the only time Skatopia shares the bill with Hal Holbrook and Parker Posey! Come check us out in Lake Placid – June 11th at 11 PM!
skatopia: 88 acres of anarchy. june 11 at 11.
May 25, 2010 by tjbrearton
There’s a lot of talk out there about anarchy, about anti-establishmentarianism. There’s a lot of talk about living the dream. The creator of the real-place “Skatopia” and his constituents are doing it. Skating, hedonism, and the impulses of the id reign. Not for the faint of heart, “Skatopia” delves into the philosophies of aggressive patriarch Brewce Martin, a self-described dictator, and the mythos of his disciples, prone to foul mouths, crash-up derby driving, and escaping from realities of life outside the park. Director of Programming for MLPBS Colin Powers and filmmaker Laurie House helm this down and dirty documentary.
“He comes to Skatopia for genuine reasons…to skateboard, get drunk, and [get] chicks….”
- Brewce, describing a regular visitor
Come for the skating, stay for the life.
Showing at the Lake Placid Film Forum Friday June 11th, at 11pm, Palace Theatre. Followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
SKATOPIA SOLD OUT AT MIDNIGHT!
Thank You to all the intrepid midnight filmgoers! We never guessed we’d fill the theater twice in Athens. Thanks to Brewce and the entire crew from the farm for coming out again. And to paraphrase Frank Zappa, “Thank you Athens, Ohio, wherever you are.”
Photo courtesy of David Hooker
Skatopia: By Popular Demand! Another Athens Screening
“Best Film?” One Reviewer Looks at the Athens Film Festival
This year there are some local films, that after speaking with Athena director, Ruth Bradley, could really contend to win Best Film. There is the film Skatopia that focuses on the Meigs County skate park. Bradley said that this could be the biggest of all of them and it was almost sold out when I spoke to her on Wednesday. This is a local film with local people and is being shown to a local audience. This is really cool especially for local filmmakers because the movie industry is so tough to break into and now there is an opportunity for a local production to break into the market and be shown to an audience that has vested interest in this product.
Nice write up from WOUB TV that interviewed Laurie the day before the show.
Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy – OH premiere!
“SKATOPIA: 88 ACRES OF ANARCHY”
Athens International Film and Video Festival – Opening Night
Friday, April 23 9:15pm @ Athena Theater in Athens, Ohio
(tickets avail at box office)
AFTER PARTY! Join Brewce Martin, many Skatopians and the Filmmakers
for the local premiere and after party!
(Skatopia is just 20 miles south of Athens in Meigs County)
What people are saying:
An inspiring story of building an empire with your own rules.
- Denver Examiner
Skatopia gives visitors… a taste of the absolute freedom they think they want.
- Rolling Stone
Completely even-handed, the film is… something that really needs to seen to be believed.
- Highsnobiety.com
It’s what you learn how to skate for… its living.
- Dustin Dollin, Pro-skateboarder
Santa Barbara Photo Gallery – Skatopia gets cowpunky
Click the pic to see the whole gallery.
Raging at Red's in SB... Brewce & Dave Reul of the Skatanic Rednecks
Read All About It! – COVERAGE!
The Santa Barbara Independent wrote us up and interviewed Brewce last week. Check out what the “indy press” thinks about hillbilly anarchists.
Remy Stratton came up from the wilds of Orange County to experience the good life in SB… check it out here.
Enjoy!
Watch Daily Habit Today and Friday!!
Fuel TV’s Daily Habit is featuring Brewce and Laurie talking about the documentary, Skatopia and the Santa Barbara International Film Fest that we just played at. Showtimes: Thursday, Feb 18 at 9PM and Midnight EST, Friday Feb 19 at 2:30PM and 5:30PM EST. Converting these times to your time zone is your responsibility… don’t take it lightly!
Skaters Reclaim Hotsprings!
Despite being known as most skater-hating place in the US…
Arkansas Cop Joey Williams Choking Skateboarder photo: Skylar Nalls
Hot Springs rolled out the red carpet for Skatopia, Brewce, the filmmakers and dozens of skaters from all over Arkansas who came out for the screening of our film. Check out the gallery here or the slide show below for the full picture.
