Name: Documentary: Okay, Mr Ray! / Call Me Mule
Start: 2024-08-16T13:45:00-0400
End: 2024-08-16T15:30:00-0400

Friday August 16, 2024 1:45pm - 3:30pm EDT

OKAY, MR RAY! (Documentary Short)

Director: Ashley Melzer
TRT: 18:00
Country of Origin: USA
Synopsis: No one could spin a yarn to make a sale like Ray Lum. Twenty years after their initial meeting, Bill Ferris returned home to Mississippi in the early ‘70s with a camera. The result reveals a look back at the colorful rhythms of Ray’s life—at home, at the auction, joking with strangers outside country stores— and provides a glimpse at Southern manhood, friendship and loss. Now nearly Ray’s age when they first filmed, Ferris has become a Grammy Award winning documentarian and renowned folklorist.
Ratings: None

CALL ME MULE (Documentary Feature)

Director: John McDonald
TRT: 77:00
Country of Origin: USA
Synopsis: John Sears, who refers to himself as Mule, has been roaming the western United States with his three mules for over thirty years. The 65-year-old and his animals sleep outside, claiming the right to move freely. Bemoaning the loss of open space, urban sprawl and our dependence on the automobile, Mule advocates a simpler way of life in harmony with nature. While many appreciate his nomadic lifestyle, Mule is not welcome everywhere. His confrontations with law enforcement have resulted in fines, arrests, even institutionalization. His story may be unusual, but it has universal appeal, celebrating the creativity, courage and resilience to choose an extraordinary way of life and defend his place in the world. This observational documentary, told in Mule's own voice, follows his never ending journey.
Ratings: Language

Friday August 16, 2024 1:45pm - 3:30pm EDT
Georgia Sports Hall of Fame 301 Cherry St, Macon, GA 31201

2024 Macon Film Festival