The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers connects US-based documentary filmmakers with communities throughout the South for screenings and conversations around important stories and the art of filmmaking. This special screening of WHERE THE BUTTERFLIES GO will be followed by a post-film discussion with director/producer Fraser Jones and O Cinema's Head of Programming Matt Walter.
THE FILM
In a desperate attempt to host his own children’s nature show, a fumbling filmmaker travels 3,000 miles asking North Americans how to save the endangered monarch butterfly, and ourselves, from extinction.
SPECIAL GUEST
Fraser Jones is a nonfiction filmmaker hailing from Atlanta, Georgia. After studying film at NYU, he directed a docu-comedy feature film called YOUR RIDE IS HERE, wrote a show for Nickelodeon, went to clown school, and made a few documentaries about the environment, including his comedic-nature-documentary WHERE THE BUTTERFLIES GO. His personal work has earned him a Vimeo Staff Pick, The Redford Center Grant, The Spiritual Ecology Fellowship, PBS’ Reel South Award, and numerous awards at international film festivals. Fraser aims to continue combining nonfiction filmmaking and humor in hopes of making people feel less alone.