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Rougarouing

Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher
11' / 2013 / United States of America
Web: rougarouing.tumblr.com
English, Canadian French, Gibberish
English and spanish subtitled

Audience vote 5.48

Rougarouing is the Cajun term for "dangerous carousing". Masks, mud, music, madness, whiskey, whips and gumbo – folk tradition gets down, drunk, and dirty at a rural Louisiana Courir de Mardi Gras.

Main Festivals & Awards

HotDocs, Shorts Competition, Canada, April 2013 - World and International Premiere: U.K. Premiere / Sheffield Doc Fest, Shorts Competition, UK, June 2013 / U.S. Premiere: Rooftop Film Summer Series, June 2013 / Camden Film Festival, Shorts Competition, September 2013 / New Orleans Film Festival, Shorts Competition, October 2013 / Margaret Mead Film Festival, Shorts Competition, October 2013 / Leipzig Documentary Festival, International Shorts Competition, October 2013 / Montreal RIDM, November 2013 / Pravo Ljudski, Sarajevo, November 2013 / Cinema On the Bayou, January 2013 / Ashland Film Festival, April 2014 / Festival EDOC, Ecuador, May 2014

Director's Biography

Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher are the directors of October Country (2010) and Off Label (2012). Rougarouing is their third collaboration together. October Country won the Silverdocs grand jury prize for best US documentary and was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best documentary of the year. Off Label premiered in competition at Tribeca, HotDocs, Sheffield and San Francisco. Based in Portland, Oregon, the two filmmakers employ a broad range of stylistic approaches drawn from their background in documentary film, photography, music videos, commercials, and live musical performance.

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