Spark: A Burning Man Story

Released Aug 16, 2013

1h 52m

Documentary

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67%

18 Reviews

Tomatometer

51%

250+ Ratings

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Some 60,000 people gather for a week at the annual festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert to collaborate on art projects and to party.

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Critics Consensus

Spark: A Burning Man Story offers a somewhat scattershot but still entertaining overview of the long-running festival.

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David Lewis

San Francisco Chronicle

Perhaps most surprising, even the festival footage is ho-hum. We feel a distance, instead of being flies on the wall. (Or should we say, on the desert floor?)

Rated: 2/4

Sep 5, 2013

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Nick Schager

The Dissolve

Spark: A Burning Man Story isn't so much a story as a feature-length commercial for the annual hippie-courting festival held in Nevada's Black Rock Desert.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 26, 2013

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Kerry Lengel

Arizona Republic

As a spectacle and as an idea, Burning Man is strange and beautiful.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 22, 2013

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Matthew Turner

VODzilla.co

This behind-the-scenes documentary captures the creative spectacle of Burning Man but fails to deliver a compelling story.

Rated: 5.8/10

Dec 22, 2020

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Rachel Wagner

rachelsreviews.net

It could dive in deeper into the irony of the situation, but I still found it interesting

Rated: 6/10

Nov 15, 2020

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...compelling subject matter that's employed to erratic yet mostly rewarding effect by Brown and Deeter...

Rated: 3/4

Oct 30, 2020

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Synopsis

Some 60,000 people gather for a week at the annual festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert to collaborate on art projects and to party.

Director: Steve Brown, Jessie Deeter
Producer: Alec Lorimore, Chris Weitz
Distributor: FilmBuff, Paladin
Production Co: Spark Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 16, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 18, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $120.1K
Runtime: 1h 52m