American Movie

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, is a long way from Hollywood, but filmmaker Mark Borchardt has a dream. Armed with a driving ambition and nothing to lose, the fast-talking Borchardt enlists his mother, his eighty two-year-old uncle and an outrageous cast of lovable locals to help finish his debut, no-budget horror film COVEN.

The cinema doesn't flinch as it captures every emotional crisis and financial pitfall of Borchardt's two-year odyssey. What emerges is a bizarre, yet surprisingly heart-felt, documentary portrait of a true character and his obsession to make movies.