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Off the Grid: Life On The Mesa

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Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa
2007, USA, 68 minutes

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

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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.

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

Maine
Gulf War Veteran

Virginia
Teen Runaway
Stan
Mesa Pig Farmer

Dreadie Jeff
Gulf War Veteran

Mama Phyllis
Psychiatric Nurse

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

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