Boyers Rhinos (1981)

Experimental home movie documenting a visit by filmmakers Wayne and Eleanor Boyer and their nineyearold son Brett to JoAnn Elams home in Logan Square Chicago for a summer barbecue Later in the film Chuck Kleinhans and Julia Lesage cofounders of the cinema journal Jump Cut join the group Since Elam is on screen for much of the film it was likely mostly filmed by Elams husband Joe Hendrix who also appears at the end of the film During the visit the friends relax on Elams back porch and film her garden both frequent locations in her work A group of friends and colleagues that included Elam Kleinhans and Lesage adopted the name The Rhinos after walking to a screening at Kartemquin Films on a cold winter evening and having a group of kids throw snowballs at them and tell them that they looked like a group of rhinos