The Burning Man Festival (1997)

Joe Winstons awardwinning account of Americas largest countercultural event Thousands of people gather each summer in the Nevada desert to erect and burn a 40foot tall human effigy A temporary city rises from the dust and 100degree heat and a sort of anarchist society emerges Festival goers strut naked dance in the mud create theatrical Theme Camps invent religions shoot automatic weapons at stuffed animals or whatever else they dont get enough of at home