2020 Heartland International Film Festival

Sleeze Lake: Vanlife at its Lowest & Best

Expired October 25, 2020 3:59 AM
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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.


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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

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    59 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    U.S.
  • Rating
    Drug Use, Language, Mature Themes, Nudity, Sexual Content
  • Note
    Pop Culture
  • Director
    Nick Nummerdor, Andrew J. Morgan
  • Screenwriter
    Nick Nummerdor, Andrew J. Morgan
  • Producer
    Nick Nummerdor, Andrew J. Morgan
  • Executive Producer
    Nick Nummerdor, Andrew J. Morgan
  • Cast
    Midwest Vans LTD, Terry Cook