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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 19 min. 2 sec.) ; 472212006 bytes |
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*Coarse Language*This is a rare and fascinating glimpse into the world of live-action role-playing ('LARPing'), a real-life version of the videogame phenomenon World of Warcraft.The idea of live-action role-playing (LARPing) is so strange to most people that the participants often become outcasts. Monster Camp: The Story of Nero Seattle is an award-winning documentary about the world that LARPers inhabit for fun, where gamer stereotypes are simultaneously shattered and confirmed. At the end of the game, participants may be just as sane/insane as everyone else.For 48 consecutive hours - there are no breaks, not even for sleep - these LARPers immerse themselves in a world completely unlike their own. A world built upon fantasy, chivalry, and imagination; a place where you can be anything, dress however, have almost any power. A world where software engineers, department store managers, and high school students live as warriors, sorcerers, and villains. It's a place that lets you transform yourself, perhaps becoming the person you wish you really were.Welcome to Monster Camp, the true story of NERO Seattle, one of over 60 LARPing franchises in North America with thousands of members.Monster Camp has screened at 25 festivals and won awards including Audience Award: Best Documentary (Cinequest, San Jose, 2007), Jury Prize: Best American Documentary (Rome International Film Festival, 2007), and Jury Prize: Best Documentary (Miami Underground Film Festival, 2007)PRODUCTION DETAILS: From the creators of Freedom State. Director and Editor: Cullen Hoback; Producer: Aaaron Kirk Douglas |
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Broadcast 2010-05-02 at 00:40:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Fantasy fiction.
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Fantasy gamers.
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Role playing -- Social aspects.
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Pacific Northwest.
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Streaming video
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Hoback, Cullen, director
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Macomber, Shane, cast
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McNamee, Rebecca, cast
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Overman, Dave, cast
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Vorvick, Paul, cast
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Zimmerman, Fern, cast
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