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It also set off a wave of scrutiny of live\/work spaces across the country.<\/p><p>Seven miles from Ghost Ship, a legendary punk collective called Burnt Ramen is fighting back against sudden eviction.<\/p><p>In the Wake of Ghost Ship won the Golden Gate Award for Best Short Film at the 2017 San Francisco International Film Festival.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-616f5a5 elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"616f5a5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-74daa85\" data-id=\"74daa85\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0137654 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0137654\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/sawdust-and-sand-2015\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SAS_poster-2-768x690.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1479\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SAS_poster-2-768x690.png 768w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SAS_poster-2-300x270.png 300w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SAS_poster-2-1024x920.png 1024w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SAS_poster-2-150x135.png 150w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/SAS_poster-2.png 1404w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6084244\" data-id=\"6084244\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd630ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd630ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/sawdust-and-sand-2015\/\">Sawdust &amp; Sand: Douglas Miller's Laguna Beach<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fa9ba3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fa9ba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>KQED \/ PBS, 2014, 31 minutes<\/p><p>In 1970, just home from the Vietnam War, young Douglas Miller drifted into Laguna Beach, CA. A Navy ship painter by trade, he fell in with a group of artists, and they soon founded the Sawdust art collective. Since then, he has painted 15,000 canvases and taken 350,000 photographs of his adopted hometown\u2014a roll a day for 45 years. <\/p><p>While local residents often considered his camera with curiosity and even suspicion, this documentary shows his enormous body of work to present a profound portrait of a Californian town and its people. Sawdust and Sand is an irreverent look at the world through an eccentric artist&#8217;s eye, as the landscape of his hometown turns from free-spirited art colony to exclusive wealthy enclave.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-146298e elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"146298e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ef84c4\" data-id=\"3ef84c4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-980392e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"980392e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/american-sandinista-2008\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"793\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AmericanSandinista-Poster-768x1025.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1676\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AmericanSandinista-Poster-768x1025.png 768w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AmericanSandinista-Poster-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AmericanSandinista-Poster-767x1024.png 767w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AmericanSandinista-Poster-112x150.png 112w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AmericanSandinista-Poster-300x400.png 300w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/AmericanSandinista-Poster.png 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-86d56aa\" data-id=\"86d56aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e2295b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e2295b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/american-sandinista-2008\/\">American\/Sandinista<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c7969e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c7969e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>KQED \/ PBS, 2008, 31 minutes<br \/><br \/><\/p><div>In the 1980s, at the height of the Cold War, a bloody civil war between the socialist-influenced Sandinistas and U.S.- backed Contras ravaged Nicaragua. Despite the danger, thousands of Americans disobeyed White House warnings and descended upon the Central American nation, determined to lend their skills and labor to the revolutionary Sandinista cause. <\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Using an eclectic mixture of rare archival footage, arresting still photography, and contemporary interviews, American\/Sandinista tells the story of a small group of controversial U.S. engineers who went further than anyone expected, and paid the ultimate price.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0342206 elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0342206\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c43eeb\" data-id=\"6c43eeb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d0c8bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d0c8bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/my-brother-the-christian-2007\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"739\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Brother-Poster-2-768x955.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1478\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Brother-Poster-2-768x955.png 768w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Brother-Poster-2-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Brother-Poster-2-824x1024.png 824w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Brother-Poster-2-121x150.png 121w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Brother-Poster-2-300x373.png 300w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Brother-Poster-2.png 1060w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd0d24e\" data-id=\"cd0d24e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6da4068 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6da4068\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/my-brother-the-christian-2007\/\">My Brother the Christian<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fbb3cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fbb3cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2007, 27 minutes<br \/><br \/><\/p><div>A documentary made as part of the &#8220;News 21&#8221; Initiative of the Carnegie and Knight Foundations, focused on religion in America. <\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>A secular guy from ultra-liberal Northern California (that&#8217;s me) journeys to Florida to spend seven days with his devout brother Joey and his young family. They go to church together for the first time in decades, and find that it&#8217;s not like it was when they were kids. <\/div><p>Will the brothers continue to avoid the subject of their different religious beliefs? Will they finally come to spiritual terms? Or will they just work it out through video games and dirt bikes, as they have done since they were kids&#8230;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-578b3e0 elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"578b3e0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a77030\" data-id=\"2a77030\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8defca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8defca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/tongues-of-stone-2005\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/TOS-Juanse-768x486.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1070\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/TOS-Juanse-768x486.png 768w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/TOS-Juanse-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/TOS-Juanse-1024x648.png 1024w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/TOS-Juanse-1536x972.png 1536w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/TOS-Juanse-150x95.png 150w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/06\/TOS-Juanse.png 2020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2822227\" data-id=\"2822227\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0067135 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0067135\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/tongues-of-stone-2005\/\">Tongues of Stone<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a091e5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a091e5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2006, 41 minutes<\/p><p>This documentary tells the strange story of rock&#8217;n&#8217;roll in Argentina, and specifically how the Rolling Stones shaped a generation of Spanish-language \u201crocanrol.\u201d<\/p><p>The Stones themselves have conceded that they are more popular in that country than anywhere else in the world, which is even more strange considering they didn&#8217;t arrive in Buenos Aires until 1995\u2014twenty years into their career.<\/p><p>But that didn&#8217;t stop two generations of &#8220;rolingas&#8221; from sporting the Stones&#8217; trademark tongue and starting their own Stones-themed bands, bars, soccer clubs, restaurants, and dance moves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-75e2f3a elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"75e2f3a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1a4c7c\" data-id=\"c1a4c7c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faceb89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"faceb89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/oakland-raider-parking-lot-2003\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ORPL-Poster-768x1102.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1424\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ORPL-Poster-768x1102.png 768w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ORPL-Poster-209x300.png 209w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ORPL-Poster-713x1024.png 713w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ORPL-Poster-104x150.png 104w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ORPL-Poster-300x431.png 300w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/ORPL-Poster.png 1038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a47e22\" data-id=\"5a47e22\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b00a2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b00a2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/oakland-raider-parking-lot-2003\/\">Oakland Raider Parking Lot<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3cd821 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3cd821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2005, 23 minutes<br \/><br \/>As Gertrude Stein once wrote of Oakland, &#8220;There&#8217;s no there there.&#8221; That was before the Raider came to town. Oakland is often portrayed in the media as a lawless and violent place, and the Raider Nation is fingered as a major part of the problem.<\/p><p>But as this documentary reveals, beyond the eye of mainstream media, the Raider fans prove to be a familial, loving, and even sentimental bunch. With rich and poor; young and old; white, black and Hispanic fans creatively sharing the tailgate experience, the Oakland Coliseum parking lot may be the only integrated and peaceful place in the dangerous and depressed city of Oakland.<\/p><p>Premiered at San Francisco Independent Film Fest 2005.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ebbe1ec elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ebbe1ec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-119139b\" data-id=\"119139b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fc21ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1fc21ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/spangled-2002\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spangled_02-768x760.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1423\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spangled_02-768x760.png 768w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spangled_02-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spangled_02-1024x1013.png 1024w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spangled_02-150x148.png 150w, https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Spangled_02.png 1362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7097c51\" data-id=\"7097c51\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9abb984 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9abb984\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jasonblalock.com\/recent_work\/spangled-2002\/\">Spangled<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b03075d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b03075d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2002, 22 minutes<\/p>\n<p>It is a tradition that every American sports event is preceded by the national anthem. But who sings it? How are they chosen? Did they get to center court by pure love of country, or pure desire for fame and fortune?<\/p>\n<p>Spangled documents the open auditions to sing before the Portland Trailblazers basketball games\u2014regularly attended by 15,000 spectators ready to hiss and boo at the first flat note. The film follows two competitors through the competitive process, ending with a bizarre act of patriotic spontaneity.<\/p>\n<p>Spangled paints a portrait of American singers as diverse as the country itself\u2014in age, gender, race and yes, talent.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-733062c elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"733062c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9f0867\" data-id=\"a9f0867\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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