Shelter streams films, TV shows and its own original work. "The Barn Raisers" will be among its catalogue.
Online streaming rights to The Barn Raisers, an award-winning documentary produced by Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films, have been acquired by Australian actor-producer and entrepreneur Dustin Clare for Shelter, a new digital platform for architecture enthusiasts. The channel targets a global audience and streams films, TV shows, and its own original works.
“The reality of lockdown has made us re-examine our connection to home, our immediate environment, and the world around us,” Clare said in a statement. “Through Shelter, we invite viewers to explore, be inspired, be entertained and engrossed, and most of all, be engaged with the world of architecture, design, lifestyle and outdoor living.”
Clare is best known for his role as Gannicus in the “Spartacus” series, the “Wolf Creek” TV series and films including “Pacific Rim: Uprising.” He is a partner in Fighting Chance Films, an independent production and distribution company based in northern New South Wales.
“We were excited to receive Mr. Clare’s inquiry regarding The Barn Raisers for inclusion in their streaming catalogue,” said producer/director Kelly Rundle. “Viewers around the globe will soon have a chance to see our labor of love, and to hear America’s unique and important vintage barn story.”
The Barn Raisers tells the true story of barns in the Midwest 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. The Barn Raisers is a companion film to the Rundles’ Emmy® nominated historical documentary Country School: One Room – One Nation.
Barns were constructed by farmer-craftsmen, professional builders like Wisconsin round barn builder Alga (Algie) Shivers—a black carpenter who traveled from job to job, and even professional architects like Frank Lloyd Wright. The Barn Raisers paints a cinematic portrait of barns and builders, and the film reminds us that these remnants from America’s rural past are still here to be interpreted and experienced.
Documentary filmmakers Tammy & Kelly Rundle.
The Rundles are the producers of over a dozen award-winning documentary films and one narrative feature, and they the recipients of seven Mid-America Emmy® nominations. Fourth Wall Films is a film and video production and distribution company formerly based in Los Angeles and now based in the Illinois-Iowa Quad Cities.
To ORDER the DVD of The Barn Raisers, click here: https://fourthwallfilms.com/dvds.htm.