AMERICANA ON THE MIDWAY

Carny:Americana on the Midway is a look at the Carnival as both pop culture and sub-culture of Americana. Carny captures the colorful images of the midway at county fairs but also goes behind the bright lights and whirling twirling rides into the elusive world of the carnival worker. Accompanying the images are tender and raunchy interviews with the carnival workers. The carnival emerges as its own living, breathing entity, which can be a transient creator of nostalgic romance for the towns in which it sets up the temporary midway of rides and games, or providing a place of refuge and escape for both those who follow its lead and those who eagerly await its arrival. This is a unique view of a seemingly ageless American pastime.