A FEATURE LENGTH FILM EXAMINING A SAN FRANCISCO-BASED PHENOMENON, WHERE CRYPTIC NARRATIVES AND REAL WORLDS COLLIDE TO PRODUCE UNFORESEEN AND, AT TIMES, UNSETTLING CONSEQUENCES. THE INSTITUTE TAKES THE VIEWER ON A JOURNEY INTO A SECRET UNDERGROUND ORGANIZATION TEEMING JUST BENEATH THE SURFACE OF EVERY DAY LIFE.
PEN & BANJO FILMS and NONCHALANCE present “THE INSTITUTE” co-produced by URIAH FINDLEY GARLAND GLESSNER CAROLEE GILLIGAN WHEELER JASON SCHUPP GORDON MACLACHLAN JEFF HULL SARA THACHER MICHAEL WERTZ KIYOMI TANOUYE GEORDIE AITKEN ARYE MICHAEL BENDER DANIEL SHOUP & DARIN DeSTEFANO archivist MARK ELLIS color RUDY LOPEZ cinematography PAUL ENCINAS graphics ERIC NEFF original music ANTHONY CARDENAS sound BRENDON HARRY a film by SPENCER McCALL
