barefoot: the mark baumer story
DOCUMENTARY | 87 MINS | USA | DIRECTOR: JULIE SOKOLOW | PRODUCERS: OLIVIA VAUGHN, DANNY YOURD | AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
From award-winning filmmaker Julie Sokolow comes this loving portrait of Mark Baumer, an environmental activist, avant-garde writer, and vegan, who hiked barefoot for over 100 days through America to draw attention to climate change. In a voice The New Yorker praised as “reminiscent of Andy Kaufman”, Baumer narrates his offbeat take on life and how we all can make a difference.
Skillfully edited from Baumer’s own self-recorded videos, along with interviews from family and friends, a moving portrait filled with laughs, tragedy, and inspiration.
Reviews
“An affectionate and inspiring portrait of someone who walked the walk.” Barefoot is a “clear-eyed documentary” about “a man who discarded not merely his shoes, but also the trappings and constraints of the contemporary rat race”
“a profound inquiry into the very way we have to live our modern lives”
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