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This film was in competition for the Indiana Spotlight Award and $2,000.
In 1977, searching for freedom and community in a post Vietnam world, groups of young people took to the open roads in shag-carpeted custom vans. They called themselves “vanners” and erected a culture of irreverence and hedonism. In South Side, Chicago, a van proved the perfect escape from the smog of the steel mills and refineries; a van club called Midwest Vans Ltd. was born. On Memorial Day weekend, these blue collar outcasts set out to build their own personal utopia, free of rules and restrictions. They erected a ramshackle resort town around a small pond and called it “Sleeze Lake”, but when over 20,000 people showed up to the party, all bets were off! Set among the foggy memories and ephemera of a subculture lost into the arms of time, Sleeze Lake tells the story of Midwest Vans and the biggest party you’ve never heard of.
Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Heartland Film.
Indiana Spotlight
Filmed in Indiana and features the town of Monticello, Indiana.
Festivals and Awards
Brainwash Drive-In Movie Festival
Calgary Underground Film Festival
DocuWest Documentary Film Festival
Fresh Coast Film Festival
Indy Film Fest
Moments Film Festival
River Bend Film Festival
Rock Horror in Rio Film Festival
San Francisco Documentary Festival
Threadbare Mitten Film Festival
Film Contact
Nick Nummerdor
nick@littlecabinfilms.com
- Year2020
- Runtime59 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryU.S.
- RatingDrug Use, Language, Mature Themes, Nudity, Sexual Content
- NotePop Culture
- DirectorNick Nummerdor, Andrew J. Morgan
- ScreenwriterNick Nummerdor, Andrew J. Morgan
- ProducerNick Nummerdor, Andrew J. Morgan
- Executive ProducerNick Nummerdor, Andrew J. Morgan
- CastMidwest Vans LTD, Terry Cook
LIVE VIRTUAL Q&A: October 12 at 8:00 pm EDT. CLICK HERE to register for FREE!
This film was in competition for the Indiana Spotlight Award and $2,000.
In 1977, searching for freedom and community in a post Vietnam world, groups of young people took to the open roads in shag-carpeted custom vans. They called themselves “vanners” and erected a culture of irreverence and hedonism. In South Side, Chicago, a van proved the perfect escape from the smog of the steel mills and refineries; a van club called Midwest Vans Ltd. was born. On Memorial Day weekend, these blue collar outcasts set out to build their own personal utopia, free of rules and restrictions. They erected a ramshackle resort town around a small pond and called it “Sleeze Lake”, but when over 20,000 people showed up to the party, all bets were off! Set among the foggy memories and ephemera of a subculture lost into the arms of time, Sleeze Lake tells the story of Midwest Vans and the biggest party you’ve never heard of.
Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Heartland Film.
Indiana Spotlight
Filmed in Indiana and features the town of Monticello, Indiana.
Festivals and Awards
Brainwash Drive-In Movie Festival
Calgary Underground Film Festival
DocuWest Documentary Film Festival
Fresh Coast Film Festival
Indy Film Fest
Moments Film Festival
River Bend Film Festival
Rock Horror in Rio Film Festival
San Francisco Documentary Festival
Threadbare Mitten Film Festival
Film Contact
Nick Nummerdor
nick@littlecabinfilms.com
- Year2020
- Runtime59 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryU.S.
- RatingDrug Use, Language, Mature Themes, Nudity, Sexual Content
- NotePop Culture
- DirectorNick Nummerdor, Andrew J. Morgan
- ScreenwriterNick Nummerdor, Andrew J. Morgan
- ProducerNick Nummerdor, Andrew J. Morgan
- Executive ProducerNick Nummerdor, Andrew J. Morgan
- CastMidwest Vans LTD, Terry Cook