A Cut Above

  • Year 2019
  • Country USA
  • Runtime 13 min
  • Director Kate Arpke Houle
  • Notes Filmmaker in Attendance
  • Topics

Film Synopsis

A look at the competitive sport of lumberjacking, its history, its people, its growing diversity, and how logging has uniquely defined the Midwest for over the past century.

Showings

Sat, Oct 19 Saturday, Oct 19

Dream Chasers

Blackrocks Brewery

Sun, Oct 20 Sunday, Oct 20

Dream Chasers

  • Filmmakers in attendance
  • Subjects in attendance
  • Contains adult language

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