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Off the Grid: Life On The Mesa
"In Theaters, on Sundance Channel, and DVD: May 08"

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Awards


Ann Arbor Laurels
Michael Moore Award for Best Documentary Film
-Ann Arbor Film Festival
Santa Fe Laurels
Best of the Southwest
-Santa Fe Film Festival
CUFF Laurels
Jury Award, Best Documentary
-Calgary Underground Film Festival
R2R Laurels
Jury Award, Best Documentary
-Real to Reel Film Festival
Nickel Laurels
Jury Award, Best Documentary
-Nickel Independent Film Festival
Lakedance Laurels
Jury Award, Best Documentary
-Lakedance Film Festival
Montana Laurels
Oro y Plata - Highest Honor, Best Film
-Montana Independent Festival
Ojai Laurels
Jury Award for Documentary Film
-Ojai Film Festival

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BIG SKY SCREENING SERIES '08

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SCREENING DATE
Friday, June 6th, 7:30pm

SCREENING LOCATION
The Wilma Theater
131 S. Higgins
Missoula, Montana

OFFICIAL SELECTION


DOCUMENTA MADRID '08

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SCREENING DATES
Friday, May 2nd, 7:30pm
Monday, May 5th, 5:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Princess Cinema
Madrid, Spain

OFFICIAL SELECTION


PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL '08

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SCREENING DATES
Friday, April 4th, 10:10pm
Wednesday, April 9th, 7:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Harkins Scottsdale
7000 E Mayo Blvd.
Phoenix, Arizona

OFFICIAL SELECTION


TIBURON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL '08

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SCREENING DATE
Thursday, March 20th, 3:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
The Playhouse Theater
40 Main Street
Tiburon, California

OFFICIAL SELECTION


PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL '08

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SCREENINGS
Saturday, February 16th, 12:00pm
Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Ave
Portland, Oregon

Monday, February 18th, 5:00pm
Tuesday, February 19th, 9:30pm
Regal Broadway
1000 SW Broadway
Portland Oregon

OFFICIAL SELECTION


NEWFILMMAKERS
SCREENING SERIES '07


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SCREENING DATE
Wednesday, December 19th, 8:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Anthology Film Archives
32 Second Avenue
New York, New York

OFFICIAL SELECTION


SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATES
Thursday, November 29th, 7:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Armory for the Arts
1050 Old Pecos Trail
Santa Fe, New Mexico

WINNER
BEST OF THE SOUTHWEST


GOTHAM AWARD
SCREENINGS '07


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SCREENING DATES
Friday, November 16th, 6:00pm
Sunday, November 18th, 1:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
11 West 53rd St.
Between 5th & 6th Ave
New York, New York

OFFICIAL SELECTION


STARZ DENVER FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATES
Friday, November 16th, 6:30pm
Saturday, November 17th, 2:15pm
Sunday, November 18th, 7:45pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Starz FilmCenter
900 Auraria Parkway
Denver, Colorado

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION


JIHLAVA INT'L DOC FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Saturday, October 27th, 10:00am

SCREENING LOCATION
DKO - Great Hall
Jihlava, Czech Republic

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION


VIENNALE '07

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SCREENING DATE
Tuesday, October 23rd, 1:00pm
Wednesday, October 24th, 11:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Stadtkino
Schwarzenbergplatz 7-8
1030 Wien Vienna
Austria

OFFICIAL SELECTION


TALLGRASS FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Saturday, October 20th, 9:30am

SCREENING LOCATION
Warren Old Town Theatre
353 North Mead - Old Town Plaza Wichita, Kansas

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION


BENDFILM '07

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SCREENINGS
Friday, October 10th, 1:30pm
Regal Old Mill 1
680 SW Powerhouse Drive
Bend, Oregon

Saturday, October 13th, 10:00pm
McMenamins 2
700 N.W. Bond Street
Bend, Oregon

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION


OJAI FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Saturday, October 6th, 3:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Matilija Junior High School
703 El Paseo Road
Ojai, California

WINNER
JURY AWARD
BEST DOCUMENTARY


SAN FRANCISCO DOCFEST '07

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SCREENING DATES
Monday, October 1st, 7:00pm
Saturday, October 6th, 12:30pm
Sunday, October 7th, 5:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Roxie Cinema
3117 16th @ Valencia
San Francisco, California

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION


RAINDANCE FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENINGS
Sunday, September 30th, 2:45pm
Cineworld
13 Coventry Street
London, UK

Tuesday, October 2nd, 4:30pm
The Rex
21 Rupert Street
London, UK

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION


CAMDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Saturday, September 29th, 8:30pm

SCREENING LOCATION
The Strand Theatre
345 Main Street
Rockland, Maine

OFFICIAL SELECTION


DOCUFEST ATLANTA '07

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SCREENING DATE
Friday, September 28th, 9:45pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Eyedrum
290 MLK Jr. Ave SE
Atlanta, Georgia

OFFICIAL SELECTION


MONTANA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Saturday, September 22nd, 5:30pm

SCREENING LOCATION
The Wilma Theatre
131 S Higgins Ave
Missoula, Montana

WINNER
JURY AWARD
BEST FILM


LAKEDANCE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Wednesday, September 12th, 4:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
The Panida Theatre
300 North 1st Avenue
Sandpoint, Idaho

WINNER
JURY AWARD
BEST DOCUMENTARY


CHICAGO UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Saturday, August 18th, 2:30pm

SCREENING LOCATION
The Chopin Theatre
1543 W Division Street
Chicago, Illinois

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
COMPETITION


FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
INDEPENDENTS NIGHT '07


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SCREENING DATE
Thursday, August 16th, 6:30pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Walter Reade Theatre
70 Lincoln Center Plaza
@ West 65th St
New York, New York

OFFICIAL SELECTION


MAINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATES
Saturday, June 21st, 12:00pm
Sunday, June 22nd, 3:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Railroad Square Cinema
17 Railroad Square
Waterville, Maine

OFFICIAL SELECTION


REAL TO REEL FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Saturday, June 21st, 7:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
The Joy Performance Center
202 S. Railroad Avenue
Kings Mountain, North Carolina

WINNER
JURY AWARD
BEST DOCUMENTARY


NICKEL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Wednesday, June 20th, 7:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Nickel Theatre
48 Queen's Road
St. John's, Newfoundland
Canada

WINNER
JURY AWARD
BEST DOCUMENTARY


SILVERDOCS '07

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SCREENING DATE
Friday, June 15th, 1:45pm

SCREENING LOCATION
tba
Silver Spring, Maryland

OFFICIAL SELECTION


BRECKENRIDGE FESTIVAL OF FILM '07

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SCREENING DATE
Saturday, June 9th, 3:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Breckenridge Theatre
121 S Ridge Rd
Breckenridge, Colorado

OFFICIAL SELECTION


MARYLAND FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Saturday, May 5th, 4:30pm

SCREENING LOCATION
UB Langsdale
21 W. Mount Royal Ave
Baltimore, Maryland

OFFICIAL SELECTION


ATHENS INT'L FILM + VIDEO FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Saturday, April 28th, 1:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Stuart's Opera House
52 Public Square
Nelsonville, Ohio

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION


USA FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Sunday, April 22nd, 5:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Angelika Theatre
5321 E. Mockingbird Lane
Dallas, Texas

OFFICIAL SELECTION


CALGARY UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Sunday, April 15th, 1:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Broken City
613 - 11 Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
Canada

WINNER
JURY AWARD
BEST DOCUMENTARY


SARASOTA FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATES
Friday, April 20th, 9:00pm
Saturday, April 21st, 9:30pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Regal Hollywood 20
1993 Main Street
Sarasota, Florida

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION


CROSSROADS FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Sunday, April 1st, 1:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Parkway Place Theatre
1075 Parkway Blvd.
Flowood, Mississippi

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION


FLORIDA FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENINGS
Sunday, March 25th, 6:15pm
Enzian Theatre
Orlando, Florida

Wednesday, March 28th, 4:15pm
Regal Winterpark Village
Orlando, Florida
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION


ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATE
Sunday, March 25th, 8:00pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Michigan Theatre
603 East Liberty St
Ann Arbor, Michigan

WINNER
MICHAEL MOORE AWARD
BEST DOCUMENTARY


MARTHA'S VINEYARD INDEPENDENT
FILM FESTIVAL '07


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SCREENING DATE
Sunday, March 18th, 7:30pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Chilmark Community Center
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts

OFFICIAL SELECTION


MIAMI INT'L FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENINGS
Thursday, March 1st, 7:00pm
The Tropic Cinema
Key West, Florida

Thursday, March 1st, 7:00pm
Cinema Paradiso
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Thursday, March 1st, 7:00pm
The Lakeworth Playhouse
Palm Beach County, Florida

Monday, March 5th, 3:45pm
Regal 18
Miami, Florida

Thursday, March 8th, 6:00pm
Bill Cosford Cinema
Miami, Florida
EAST COAST PREMIERE
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION


TRUE/FALSE FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATES
Saturday, March 3rd, 10:00am

SCREENING LOCATION
Forrest Theatre
Columbia, Missouri

OFFICIAL SELECTION


SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL '07

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SCREENING DATES
Friday, January 19th, 4:30pm
Monday, January 22nd, 12:30pm

SCREENING LOCATION
Treasure Mountain Inn
Park City, Utah

WORLD PREMIERE
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION



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Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa
International Rights Available
2007, USA, 68 minutes
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PREMIERES TUESDAY, MAY 20th, 9:35PM ON THE SUNDANCE CHANNEL


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DVD NOW AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE FROM INDIEPIX
WITH EXTENDED INTERVIEWS, DELETED SCENES, AND FILMMAKER COMMENTARY


SYNOPSIS
Twenty-Five miles from town, a million miles from mainstream society, a loose-knit community of radicals live in the desert, struggling to survive with little food, less water and no electricity, as they cling to their unique vision of the American dream


Who I'd like to meet:

REVIEWS

"Four stars...The last chapter of truly free America is unfolding in the New Mexico desert."
- Michael Esposito, Chicago Tribune

“An insightful study of an alternative American lifestyle…The Stulbergs, whose film's stunning look is a combination of good cinematography and a majestic New Mexican landscape, achieved marvelous access to what has to be a very closed and insular community, given where and how the inhabitants choose to live. The various characters come to vivid life as crises large, small and unresolved are explored”
– John Anderson, Variety

“Their 70-minute documentary has swept the festival circuit on a wave of positive press.”
–Cameron Bird, Newsday

"Five Stars...revealing and engaging....a fascinating subculture, artfully presented on the screen."
-Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

“This looks to be the strongest slate in Silverdocs’ five-year history… we particularly recommend…two portraits of “sustainable” existence, Off the Grid and Garbage Warrior."
- Mark Jenkins, Washington City Paper

"Survivalism meets counterculture in this riveting new documentary"
-Jesse Walker, Reason Magazine

"Daring and satisfying"
-Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun

“Off the grid looks like an erie mix between Lord of the Flies and Kid Nation.”
-BuzzFeed.com

"A real-life take on fictional works like Lord of the Flies and The Mosquito Coast, Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa...proves to be a mostly engaging look at an extreme way of life."
-Matt Anderson, Movie Habit

“The film looks beautiful…the thing that struck me about so many of the people in the film is how amazingly lucid and eloquent they are… I was moved to tears.”
-Ingrid Kopp, Shooting People

“ Off the Grid feels very fresh topically…this is a beautifully shot trip into an outsider community that is hard to forget.”
-Agnes Varnum, Doc It Out

“A look at the American Southwest that will send chills down your spine.”
- Michael Lerman, Indiewire


CLIPS FROM THE MOVIE

Runways are drawn to the mesa for the sense of freedom, but aren't prepared for the harsh reality of the desert.

Women on the Mesa are known as "Mamas". Mama Phyllis is a former psychiatric nurse. Her career helps her cope with life on the Mesa.

Mesa Elders form a council to determine the fate of a group of thieves known as the Nowhere Kids.





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Directed and Produced by
JEREMY STULBERG
RANDY STULBERG

Produced by
ERIC JUHOLA

Cinematography by
REED DAWSON MORANO
ISABEL VEGA
LIZ RUBIN
ARI ISSLER

Edited by
JEREMY STULBERG

Original Music by
CHRISTOPHER LIBERTINO

Sound Designer
MATTHEW POLIS

Consulting Producer
EMILY GARDINER HERZOG

Consultants
MARYANN DeLEO
SHARON STULBERG

1st Assistant Editor
JOSE ROGEL

Graphics
MANNY PALAD

"Tomorrow Will Be Better"
End Credits Theme by
BARBARA LYNN JACOBS
Performed by TYLER BURBA
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Still Point Pictures
www.stillpointpictures.com
www.myspace.com/stillpointpictures

DISTRIBUTION
Diana Holtzberg, Films Transit International

IndiePix

Sundance Channel


CAST
Maine
Maine
Gulf War Veteran

Virginia
Virginia
Teen Runaway
Stan
Stan
Mesa Pig Farmer

Dreadie Jeff
Dreadie Jeff
Gulf War Veteran
Mama Phyllis
Mama Phyllis
Psychiatric Nurse

Robbie
Robbie
Mesa Elder
Austen
Austen
Teen Runaway
Gecko
Gecko
Gulf War Veteran
Father of Four




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smiles





Jul 2 2008 6:33 PM

i have been looking forward to seeing this film for a long time and will watch with my daughter (sequoia,now 6) who spent periods of her second year on the mesa
Christopher McCandless





Jun 13 2008 8:13 PM

hitchhiker
Jessica





May 21 2008 2:13 PM

thank you for such a great documentary...my brother lives on the Mesa although he wouldn't participate in the film he was pleased with the way it turned out. I too was pleased to know how life is on the Mesa, i had a much more horrible image in my head. thanks again and congrats on your success.
Christofer





May 18 2008 6:01 PM

Thanks for the add....Love the movie.
kimcraig, B.F.A.





Mar 27 2008 3:12 PM

congrats on all your success! what you working on next?
Kamp Katrina





Feb 12 2008 6:36 PM

rip mike :*(

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Sarasota Film Festival





Nov 16 2007 11:08 AM

Congrats on the MoMA screening! That's great!
laura ortman





Nov 15 2007 7:39 PM

LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING OFF THE GRID!!! HAVE HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT!!! YESSSSS!!!
Camden International Film Festival





Oct 24 2007 8:22 AM

congrats congrats off the grid!
we're happy to say we knew you when.
good luck with the gothams.
-ciff
The Turning Point





Sep 27 2007 2:08 PM

Looks like a great documentary... can't wait to see it! I'd love to review it for my documentary column Truth Be Told - If you're interested in sending me a screener.


My first short film eRATicate, about a couple of killer rats, is playing in a short horror film contest on ChillerTV.com - Please take a few minutes to View & Vote!



Not your ordinary documentary about the extraordinary thing called life.
TWM





Jun 7 2007 11:10 AM

Happy Birthday!
Neplusultra





Apr 6 2007 10:48 AM

Welcome to, "Neplusultra"...
A post apocalyptic haunted desert.
kre





Mar 27 2007 11:28 AM

The page looks great!! Nice work.

besitos,
Karina
Randy Bell





Mar 19 2007 7:50 PM

I would like to thank you for being a friend.

Sincerely, Randy Bell, Floating Films
Slamdance Film Festival





Feb 23 2007 4:28 PM

SLAMDANCE LOVES OFF THE GRID!! This film is off the hook!!!
Argon 40





Feb 1 2007 9:24 PM

Big up. Thanks.

Cheers.
PTBPOST





Jan 14 2007 12:14 PM

Poster looks really good.
your doc will rock at the festival
"ROCK THE BELLS" THE MOVIE





Jan 11 2007 4:46 PM

Really looking forward to seeing your doc in Park City! Looks fantastic...
SoCal Film Group





Jan 8 2007 11:06 AM

Thanks for the add!
Stephanique'm





Jan 6 2007 3:40 PM

I am so proud of you guys. There's a lot of brains in this family...and a whole hell of a lot of krazies too! Cousbots forever. Aunt Techla would be proud.
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