Develiker terrible... so disappointed.

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

blumdeluxe "Burning Man: Beyond Black Rock" encourages audiences to take a look beyond the stereotypes you might know about the Burning Man Festival, grasping the social structures, the art and the messages that go along with the meeting of about 35,000 in the Nevada desert.Through a lot of footage from the camp, the documentary manages to catch quite an intimate image of the feeling, that leads many people to leave behind their usual lives and enjoy the freedom of Burning Man. Through interviews with the organizers as well as some volunteers, you also get a picture of the dimension, the infrastructure of the event has taken lately. I think that this is a good film to understand some of the spirit that is connected to the gathering. Personally, I would have also loved to hear some critical voices, maybe from people who live there and dislike the festival or from guests that didn't like their time, not because I want to set Burning Man in bad light, but because it would have helped to also understand how some people might have no place in such a new social order. Of course the movie cannot include more recent phenomenons such as commercialization or the splitting into different groups with kind of an elite-thinking.All in all I really enjoyed to learn more about a festival that is most often just briefly touched by the mass media. For everyone that wants to dive into the atmosphere of the Black Rock Desert, this is a documentary worth watching.

Robin-Anderson9991 Burning Man has been a counter culture hub and talking point for going on a decade. In this documentary, the filmmakers attempt to breakdown and showcase what this festival, which some commentators in the film call a "proto-apocalpytic, hippy neo-pagon, freakfest," is all about. And with a claim like that, one can't help but wonder what "Burning Man" really IS all about.But the film goes to great lengths to showcase the people and events that have made the festival what it is over the last 10 or so years. Often spoken about as a spiritual journey, the festival seems like an event that this documentary invites you to understand, but more often than not, your curiosity invites you to explore. Though the documentary does a great job of depicting what Burning Man is, ultimately it leaves you with a yearning to experience the festival for yourself once the credits roll.

selloutmf I am a long time attendee of Burning Man, and I've seen my fair share of films about it, because I find the subject matter so fascinating and so hard to capture. Let me just say that while no film can truly capture what it's like to be there, this film does far and away a better job of relating what the event and related subculture are truly about than any of the other pieces I've seen.Damon Brown is listed as the director and the editor, which I would normally think is suicide for a feature of any kind, but he really did a bang up job of keeping the story moving along. A 105 minute documentary isn't exactly inviting to a lot of people, but this one flew by and left me wanting for more. The depiction of the Burning Man organization was pretty great, if maybe a little too friendly at times. I have a lot of friends who would take these guys to task given the opportunity, but I think it was wise of the filmmakers to not focus on the inside baseball drama in the community, since your average watcher (or attendee) simply wouldn't notice or care.I wish it were in HD... that's my only complaint. Kudos!

Melissa I cannot say enough about the job these filmmakers did and the monumental task they took on in making this film. First, Burning Man is a topic that has been incredibly marginalized by the media to the point of becoming a recurring joke in The Simpsons (although the director of the Simpsons is at Burning Man every year), and second, to those who DO know about it, its such a sensitive topic and so hard to deliver something that will please the core group.Well, these guys did it, and in style I must say. This doc is witty, fast moving, and most importantly profoundly informational and moving without seeming too close to the material.I simply cannot believe this is a first film for Damon Brown. We can expect great things from him in the years to come, I'm sure!