Marwencol

Have you heard of Marwencol?

©MarkHogancamp

I originally watched this documentary when it was on Netflix,

and it's an amazing story.

Here is the blurb from the Marwencol website:

"Marwencol" is a documentary about the fantasy world of Mark Hogancamp.

After being beaten into a brain-damaging coma by five men outside a bar, Mark builds a 1/6th scale World War II-era town in his backyard. Mark populates the town he dubs "Marwencol" with dolls representing his friends and family and creates life-like photographs detailing the town's many relationships and dramas. Playing in the town and photographing the action helps Mark to recover his hand-eye coordination and deal with the psychic wounds of the attack. When Mark and his photographs are discovered, a prestigious New York gallery sets up an art show. Suddenly Mark's homemade therapy is deemed "art", forcing him to choose between the safety of his fantasy life in Marwencol and the real world that he's avoided since the attack.

"Marwencol" was released theatrically by the Cinema Guild and aired on PBS. It has won over 25 awards, including two Independent Spirit Awards, Best Documentary of the Year from the Boston Society of Film Critics and Rotten Tomatoes, and the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary at the South by Southwest Film Festival. The Los Angeles Times calls the film “an exhilarating, utterly unique experience” while the Village Voice says that it's “exactly the sort of mysterious and almost holy experience you hope to get from documentaries and rarely do.”

Marwencol was an interesting, emotional, wonderful documentary...

and I love that the art gallery that shows Mark Hogancamp's work is still working to help him.

You can donate dolly items to him via this link:

http://www.marwencol.com/donate/

 But it's worth it to watch the movie,

and browse the gallery on the website.

Mr. Hogancamp's work is amazing, detail oriented and interesting.

©MarkHogancamp

If you haven't checked it out, do so, today. 
http://www.marwencol.com/