The Institute

“…a must for performance-art students, latent Situationists, punks, hippies, radicals, cultural studies academics, and the unconscionably bored.”

Spencer McCall — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:38:29 +0000

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“Abridgement flies, dramatizing some of the clever work that players got to experience while addressing the right questions of motivation on both sides of the curtain.”

Spencer McCall — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:55:42 +0000

Lovely new review from the Wisconsin Film Festival. Read here

5/5 Stars from renowned Film Critic Mike Scott

Spencer McCall — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:27:27 +0000

Maybe the best review we have received yet. Read about it here.

Something Obvious Call The Institute “one of those films that really makes you think”

Spencer McCall — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:25:01 +0000

Smashing review from Something Obvious

San Francisco’s Baffling Jejune Institute Gets A Documentary

Spencer McCall — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:31:28 +0000

A Q&A between Rick Paulas and Spencer McCall. Read the article here.

SF State alumnus’ hunt leads to ‘The Institute,’ Slamdance acclaim

Spencer McCall — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:16:11 +0000

What McCall discovered was an endearing look at a quasi self-help organization that wanted nothing more than to unite the city under a bold and unconventional game where its participants were challenged to view the world around them through a different lens.

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Portraits from the 2013 slamdance Film Festival

Spencer McCall — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:30:10 +0000

Spencer McCall

Spencer McCall & Jeff Hull

Spencer McCall, Uriah Findley, Jeff Hull & Mars Elliot

Images courtesy of Zimbio

Inventive, Complex World of ‘The Institute’

Spencer McCall — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:11:57 +0000

It’s just a fun, clever film about looking at the world from a different angle. Whether it’s all real, all fake, or some combination of the two, that doesn’t change. It’s the kind of movie people go to Slamdance to see, one that can’t quite be summed up as simply as the films further down the hill in Park City.” -Brian Tallerico (Hollywood Chicago)

Indiewire grades the institute

Spencer McCall — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 10:00:42 +0000

The results are in………….

Slug Magazine declares the institute “a well-spun story”

Spencer McCall — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:35:41 +0000

“Using a combination of interviews and film footage from the creators of the game and from participants, McCall puts together a well-spun story that takes viewers all the way down the rabbit hole.” -John Ford (Slug Magazine)