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Twenty-Five miles from town, a million miles from mainstream society, a loose-knit community of eco-pioneers, teenage runaways, war veterans and drop-outs, live on the fringe and off the grid, struggling to survive with little food, less water and no electricity, as they cling to their unique vision of the American dream.

Filmmakers Jeremy Stulberg and Randy Stulberg were granted rare access to a community that has willfully cut itself off from the world, and Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa is a documentary about the people who have chosen to live in the middle of nowhere. The residents of the mesa prefer not to involve the police in their affairs -- not surprising for people who are often heavily armed and destroy old cars for fun -- and they live by a few simple rules, most important being "Don't steal from your neighbor" and "Don't shoot your neighbor." However, some new arrivals on the mesa begin testing the patience of their neighbors as a handful of anarchist teenage runaways foolishly steal food from others when their own pantry runs dry.

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cast and crew

genre: documentary

country: United States

language: English

runtime: 64 minutes

dvd region: DVD Region 1

attributes: Color

rating: Not Rated

 
cast and crew

Jeremy Stulberg:
Director
Randy Stulberg:
Director

Eric Juhola:
Producer

 
   
festivals
  • Starz First Look Student Film Festival 2008 (Denver, United States)
  • AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival 2007 (Los Angeles, United States)
  • Athens International Film Festival 2007 (Athens, Greece)
  • BendFilm 2007 (Bend, United States)
  • Chicago Underground Film Festival 2007 (Chicago, United States)
  • Floating Film Festival 2007 (Traveling)
  • Jihlava Film Festival 2007 (Jihlava, Czech Republic)
  • Maine International Film Festival 2007 (Waterville, United States)
  • Maryland Film Festival 2007 (Baltimore, United States)
  • Miami International Film Festival 2007 (Miami, United States)
  • Ojai Film Festival 2007 (Ojai, United States)
  • Raindance Film Festival 2007 (London, United Kingdom)
  • San Francisco Documentary Festival 2007 (San Francisco, United States)
  • Santa Fe Film Festival 2007 (Santa Fe, United States)
  • Sarasota Film Festival 2007 (Sarasota, United States)
  • Sheffield International Documentary Festival 2007 (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
  • SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival 2007 (Silver Spring, United States)
  • Slamdance Film Festival 2007 (Park City, United States)
  • Tiburon International Film Festival 2007 (Tiburon, United States)
  • True/False Film Festival 2007 (Columbia, United States)
  • USA Film Festival 2007 (Dallas, United States)
  • Viennale 2007 (Vienna, Austria)
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    awards
  • Jury Award
    2007 Ann Arbor Film Festival (Ann Arbor, United States)
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    "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.
    - John Anderson, Variety

    This docs co-directors, brother and sister, have wondered upon a terrific
    subject: 16 square miles of New Mexico desert thats home to a ragtag group
    of anarchists who wouldnt be out of place in Mad Max.

    Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out NY

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