Carnival Train
When: 6:30 pm Friday, April 9, 2010
Where: HCC Performing Arts Building
Who: Studio Theater, Matt and Cornelia Barr
Tickets: $5
From the big wheel to the midway, the house of mirrors to the dime toss, every ride on the James E. Strates Show's carnival travels from town to town by train, from Florida to upstate New York.
The carnies who assemble and maintain the rides and man the games are often looked down upon because of their transient way of life. Matt Barr – who worked five summers as a carney in California in the 1970s – goes behind the scenes to capture how the magic of the midway comes together, town after town, and how carnies create a community and way of life that transcends place and time.
Trailer
Watch the "Carnival Train trailer (1:17 min).
The Unheard Voices Project
"Carnival Train" was produced by The Unheard Voices Project, a non-profit organization headed by North Carolinians Matt and Cornelia Barr.
The Website
For more information about Carnival Train and other films by Cornelia and Matt Barr, please visit the official film website /www.unheardvoicesproject.org.
Reel Talk
An interview with Matt Barr and fellow filmmaker, Brett Ingram, by Beth English. This article appeared on the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro, where both teach.
read the interview.
