Blessed are the Senders

5 films in this block • 43 minutes

The Films

26,000 Days

  • Year 2024
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 9 min
  • Director Henry Behel

Staff Pick

For nearly everyone, losing your engine is a life-threatening event. Airshow pilot Eric Tucker is one of the few in the world who dares to make it an art form.

This is Jackson Marvell

  • Year 2024
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 5 min
  • Director RC Cone

Adult Language

This is Jackson Marvell. He’s totaled 5 trucks, hauled kegs up rock towers, and rarely (if ever) brushed his hair.

Introducing episode 1 of our multi-part film series profiling inspiring personalities who have dedicated their lives to ‘getting after it.’

Seeing Double

  • Year 2024
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 2 min
  • Director Charlie Baker

Filmmaker in Attendance, Subject in Attendance, Family Friendly, Staff Pick, First Time Filmmaker

Original Bluegrass music plus mountain biking with a twist. All self filmed clips plus editing lead to an illusion of the biker being filmed by himself.

Made out Here

  • Year 2024
  • Country Canada
  • Runtime 11 min
  • Director Graeme Meiklejohn

Michigan Premiere

Dan Craven, or Dan from Nam, as he was known during his professional road racing career, had for years dreamt of starting his own handmade bike brand at home in Namibia. He had travelled the world for riding and racing bikes, but he knew that to find the best builders, returning home to Namibia would make the most sense. When it comes to using their hands, Namibian skill sets are highly developed so that, whether it’s in the arts like sculpture or pottery or in the trades like mechanics and builders, their dexterity, precision and attention to detail are invaluable.

The Bike Listening Tour

  • Year 2024
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 16 min
  • Director Nate Mitka

Family Friendly, Michigan Premiere, World Premiere, First Time Filmmaker, Subject in Attendance

The Bike Listening Tour follows Andrew Mohama on his solo cycling tour across America as he investigates loneliness. Inspired by his passion for community, Mohama sets out to learn more about the Loneliness Epidemic in America, biking along less-traveled rural roads and, at one point, biking across “America’s Loneliest Highway.”

During his tour, Mohama interviewed more than 100 people about their experiences of loneliness and community. The film takes place in Nebraska and follows him on his journey as he interviews people, bikes from town to town, experiences a terrible mechanical failure, and incredible hospitality. Mohama’s goal with his listening tour was to get to know people in rural communities in America and understand how people experience loneliness. The film encourages the viewer to explore the ideals of community and how loneliness may impact them.