The Barn Raisers, the crowd-pleasing documentary by Mid-America Emmy® nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films, is an Official Selection at the Iowa Independent Film Festival held at The Main Event, 112 2nd Street SE in downtown Mason City, Iowa August 18-19, 2017. More details to come.
The Barn Raisers tells the story of Midwestern barns by examining them through the lens of architecture. The film explores what building methods, barn styles, and materials tell us about the people who built them, the life they lived, and the role these “country cathedrals” played in the settling and building of the Nation.
Re-enactor/production assistant Melinda Carriker at the Flynn Barn located at Living History Farms in Urbandale, Iowa.
The film was shot in Iowa, Kansas, Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan.
The Barn Raisers was partially funded by grants from Humanities Iowa, Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area, the Kansas Humanities Council, the Ohio Humanities Council, the Wisconsin Humanities Council, the Michigan Barn Preservation Network, the National Barn Alliance/Russ & LuAnn Mawby, the Moline Foundation, and the Community Foundation of Jackson County. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this documentary film and program do not necessarily reflect those of these organizations.
Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films are the producers of The Barn Raisers, and the regional Emmy® nominated historical documentaries Country School: One Room – One Nation, River to River: Iowa’s Forgotten Highway 6, and Letters Home to Hero Street (co-produced with WQPT-PBS), and the award-winning Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg (co-produced with Garry McGee), Lost Nation: The Ioway series, and Villisca: Living with a Mystery.