Carny is a character piece set in the world of the traveling carnival, in which the character in question is essentially the carnival itself. Eschewing the sensationalist tropes associated with circus films, Robert Kalyor (a documentarian who had previously made roller-derby doc Derby) is more interested in the human experience, following a group of employees/friends going through their daily motions — luring the locals in to see strippers, coning them on the midway, setting up freak shows, greasing palms and antagonizing each other. It’s an under-seen little gem of a film that anyone who’s ever dreamed of running away to join the circus should experience — to feel what it’s really like.

Presented OUTDOORS at the Broadside featuring carny shenanigans from local legend and carnival kid Booke Trout Paulus (LSD Clownsystem, Solid Gold)!