A ten-gallon hat floating in the ocean and psychedelically patterned polypropylene western wear wandering empty hotel halls might not seem like images from a documentary about the changing nature of American commerce, but those costumes define the dreams at the heart of Emily Mackenzie and Noah Collier’s Carpet Cowboys. After becoming obsessed with the seemingly drug-induced carpet designs lining every banal conference room and casino floor in the United States, Mackenzie and Collier stumbled upon Dalton, Ga, known then as the “Carpet Capital of the World.” The pair went in, Mackenzie holding the boom and Collier the camera, with little […]
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The post “The Pitch Is a Performance”: Emily Mackenzie and Noah Collier on Carpet Cowboys first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 8/25/2023
- by Alex Lei
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
A ten-gallon hat floating in the ocean and psychedelically patterned polypropylene western wear wandering empty hotel halls might not seem like images from a documentary about the changing nature of American commerce, but those costumes define the dreams at the heart of Emily Mackenzie and Noah Collier’s Carpet Cowboys. After becoming obsessed with the seemingly drug-induced carpet designs lining every banal conference room and casino floor in the United States, Mackenzie and Collier stumbled upon Dalton, Ga, known then as the “Carpet Capital of the World.” The pair went in, Mackenzie holding the boom and Collier the camera, with little […]
The post “The Pitch Is a Performance”: Emily Mackenzie and Noah Collier on Carpet Cowboys first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “The Pitch Is a Performance”: Emily Mackenzie and Noah Collier on Carpet Cowboys first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 8/25/2023
- by Alex Lei
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation (Youssef Chebbi)
Realized with a formally exacting chilliness, Youssef Chebbi’s slow-burning noir concerns police officers investigating the mysteries behind corpses who have died from immolation. While the nebulous, metaphor-heavy script leaves much to be desired, Chebbi’s Cannes, TIFF, and Nd/Nf selection excels at conjuring an atmosphere of dread and isolation amidst a derelict apartment complex.
Where to Stream: VOD
Carpet Cowboys (Emily MacKenzie and Noah Collier)
The tiny city of Dalton, Georgia, has left a large footprint in the daily lives of millions who most wouldn’t have stopped for a second to consider. Well, it’s probably more appropriate to say that millions have left large footprints in Dalton’s biggest export: this city...
Ashkal: The Tunisian Investigation (Youssef Chebbi)
Realized with a formally exacting chilliness, Youssef Chebbi’s slow-burning noir concerns police officers investigating the mysteries behind corpses who have died from immolation. While the nebulous, metaphor-heavy script leaves much to be desired, Chebbi’s Cannes, TIFF, and Nd/Nf selection excels at conjuring an atmosphere of dread and isolation amidst a derelict apartment complex.
Where to Stream: VOD
Carpet Cowboys (Emily MacKenzie and Noah Collier)
The tiny city of Dalton, Georgia, has left a large footprint in the daily lives of millions who most wouldn’t have stopped for a second to consider. Well, it’s probably more appropriate to say that millions have left large footprints in Dalton’s biggest export: this city...
- 8/25/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The tiny city of Dalton, Georgia, has left a large footprint in the daily lives of millions who most wouldn’t have stopped for a second to consider. Well, it’s probably more appropriate to say that millions have left large footprints in Dalton’s biggest export: this city is the “Carpet Capital of the World.” With 85% of carpets in the USA having been made there, the industry’s made it one of America’s most prosperous locations for several decades. It shouldn’t be a surprise that many an entrepreneur have attempted to establish themselves there, though that easy entry point into the American Dream has become more complicated in recent years––something made abundantly clear in Carpet Cowboys, the feature directorial debut of documentarians Emily MacKenzie and Noah Collier.
During post-production, John Wilson––pop culture’s pre-eminent chronicler of seemingly mundane Americana––boarded the project as executive producer,...
During post-production, John Wilson––pop culture’s pre-eminent chronicler of seemingly mundane Americana––boarded the project as executive producer,...
- 8/23/2023
- by Alistair Ryder
- The Film Stage
Having its world premiere at the inaugural edition of the New/Next Film Festival in Baltimore later this month, a trailer arrives for Carpet Cowboys, the feature debut of co-directors Emily MacKenzie and Noah Collier. The doc, executive produced by John Wilson and released by Memory, takes a sprawling look at the “Carpet Capital of the World” located in Dalton, Georgia before tackling a worldwide exploration of expat culture and American […]
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The post Trailer Watch: Carpet Cowboys Doc Executive Produced by John Wilson first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 8/2/2023
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Having its world premiere at the inaugural edition of the New/Next Film Festival in Baltimore later this month, a trailer arrives for Carpet Cowboys, the feature debut of co-directors Emily MacKenzie and Noah Collier. The doc, executive produced by John Wilson and released by Memory, takes a sprawling look at the “Carpet Capital of the World” located in Dalton, Georgia before tackling a worldwide exploration of expat culture and American […]
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The post Trailer Watch: Carpet Cowboys Doc Executive Produced by John Wilson first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 8/2/2023
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
While How to with John Wilson is closing out its brilliant, three-season run, its creator has boarded a new project that shares his passion for looking at the world––and the unique people inhabiting it––with a humorously observant eye. Emily MacKenzie and Noah Collier’s directorial debut Carpet Cowboys, executive-produced by John Wilson, begins as a peculiar look inside Dalton, Georgia––also known as the “Carpet Capital of the World”––before unexpectedly expanding to a globe-trotting adventure that fascinatingly examines expat culture, the faltering American Dream, and the search for companionship.
Ahead of Memory’s release of the film––which kicks off this month at Baltimore’s inaugural New/Next Film Festival, followed by an opening at NYC’s Metrograph on August 25 and LA’s Brain Dead Studios on September 15, then expands to select cities––we’re pleased to exclusively debut the first trailer and poster.
“I don’t...
Ahead of Memory’s release of the film––which kicks off this month at Baltimore’s inaugural New/Next Film Festival, followed by an opening at NYC’s Metrograph on August 25 and LA’s Brain Dead Studios on September 15, then expands to select cities––we’re pleased to exclusively debut the first trailer and poster.
“I don’t...
- 8/2/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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