Slice Of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts.

description

A contemporary portrait of America, told through a collection of stories observed within the walls of former Pizza Hut buildings across the country.

These nostalgic spaces hold memories of a bygone era, but through the power of transformation, they provide something new and special for the communities that continue to flow through them. From an LGBTQ+ church in Florida, to a karaoke bar in Texas, to a cannabis dispensary in rural Colorado, these modern-day portraits are paralleled with the origin story of Pizza Hut - one of America's most iconic brands, and the two brothers who founded the company in Wichita, Kansas in 1958.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
SXSW Sydney 2024
Chicago International Film Festival 2024
Tallgrass Film Festival 2024

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Matthew Salleh and Rose Tucker are an Australian-born, Brooklyn-based documentary filmmaking duo. Their previous works include the James Beard Award-winning BARBECUE (2017) and festival favorite WE DON’T DESERVE DOGS (2020). Their films have screened at prestigious festivals worldwide (including SXSW, Slamdance, Warsaw IFF, Miami GEMS, Sydney Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival) and have been distributed in cinemas and on major streaming platforms including Netflix, Peacock and Amazon. Rose and Matthew have collaborated for almost two decades. They work together as a two-person crew: Matthew as director and cinematographer, Rose as producer and sound recordist. They celebrate the craft of independent documentary filmmaking, with a passion for telling intimate, portrait-style stories.

CJSW Curated Playlist