Scratching the Earth

Screened at FCFF 2019

Film Synopsis

Meet the time-tested crew of blue collar trailblazers handcrafting a twisting, turning maze of old school singletrack through the iron-rich dirt of Negaunee and Ishpeming, Michigan.

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