''The Ringmaster'' is a 2019 American documentary film starring Zachary Capp and Larry Lang. The documentary was directed by Molly Dworsky and Dave Newberg and is a Capp Bros Production in association with Asteroid and Space Metals Recovery.
The film premiered at the 2019
Festival of Cinema NYC Festival of Cinema NYC (previously the Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema) is an international film festival held in New York City for 10 days beginning on the first Friday of August . Since 2017, the festival has screened over 400 films from 40 differe ...
and is scheduled to release digitally and on demand on October 6, 2020 through
1091 Pictures
1091 Pictures is an American film studio based in New York City and Los Angeles. The company was founded as the film and television division subsidiary of The Orchard in 2015. The company is best known for the Oscar-nominated films ''Life, Ani ...
.
Plot
An aging chef from
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
has his life turned upside down when a relentless filmmaker from
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
tries to make the chef's onion rings world famous.
Featured people
Reception
The film premiered at the Festival of Cinema NYC in August 2019 and took home the Best Feature Documentary prize.
It then went on to win the Best Screenwriting Award at
Doc LA - Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival and concluded its festival run at the
DOC EDGE Festival in New Zealand.
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American documentary films
2019 films
2019 documentary films
1091 Pictures films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films