MIDDLETOWN — Coyote Film Festival, Lake County”s own independent film festival, presents the award-winning documentary, “Iron City Blues” on Saturday at the Calpine Geothermal Visitors Center, 15500 Central Park Road in Middletown. There will be a 1:30 p.m. matinee and a 7:30 p.m. screening. Admission is $10 at the door for adults and $5 for children 16 and younger.
“Iron City Blues,” directed by Scott C. Jackson, is an award-winning documentary is about a lawless town and the song it inspired. After years of hearing urban legends about a former boomtown that became lawless and feared after suffering an economic collapse, blues musician Big Mike Griffin decides to learn the truth about Iron City, Tenn. for himself.
Along with a former Marine as a guide, Griffin rides through Tennessee”s backwoods into the heart of Iron City. There, surrounded by buildings ravaged by fire and years of decay, he interviews people who seem to actually enjoy living their lives on the edge of anarchy.
According to Jackson, the resulting song ? a high-energy blues anthem infused with southern rock ? is as much a celebration of Iron City as it is an ominous warning to outsiders” “Welcome to Iron City. Watch your back.” Parental discretion is advised.
Coyote Film Festival will also screen “Otis v Monster,” a claymation animation by Patrick Neary. “Otis v Monster” is about a hard-luck logger who plans to capture Bigfoot for modest financial gain.
Coyote Film Festival is the fundraising arm of EcoArts of Lake County, a 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization dedicated to bringing visual art opportunities to Lake County. Visit www.CoyoteFilmFestival.org, e-mail Karenturcotte@yahoo.com or call 928-0323.
