PFA presents WEIRD AMERICA: Okie Noodling

Wed, Feb 8
7:30PM
$8 general / $5, students & seniors

Okie Noodling
Brad Beesley (U.S., 2001)

There's a breed of guy out there who's willing to wade into a murky
creek, then grope around in some dark ol' holes until a yard-long
catfish chomps down on his arm. In those few places where it's legal,
they call it hand-fishing; in Oklahoma, they just call it noodling.
Filmmaker Brad Beesley, himself a Panhandler, knew that noodling was
a bait-and-switch technique traced back to Native Americans. What he
didn't know was that a select group of individuals-half crazy, half
drunk, or a combo of the two-was up to its elbows in enthusiasm for
hand-fishing. Hardcore noodlers like Red Baggett, Jerry "Catfish"
Rider, and Lee McFarlin would wade through water snakes and beavers
to lay hands on a forty-pound flathead. Beesley, now one of the Few,
the Proud, organized the First Annual Noodling Tournament and Fish
Fry. This doc's got it all, even Miss Okie Noodling 2000!

Preceded by short:
Friends Seen and Unseen (Demetria Kalodimos, Kathy Conkwright, U.S.,
2000). FSU unravels the message and the mystery of The Prophet Omega,
a radio evangelist broadcasting from Nashville who became a cult
fave, especially among rock 'n' rollers. Includes interviews with
fans Billy Bob Thornton, Al Kooper, Adrian Belew, Marty Stuart, and
others.

Venue:

Pacific Film Archive Theater
2575 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA
510-642-1412
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa

Additional Info:

510-642-6883
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa