Synopsis

Bear Nation is an exploration of a sub-culture that exists within the gay rainbow. The documentary is presented in the format of show and tell. Through conversations with subjects, experts, bear-lebrites and admirers, the piece will attempt to shine a light on this fresh and vibrant movement.

Director Bio – Malcolm Ingram

A lifelong interest in film led Malcolm Ingram to work at The Toronto International Film Festival at the tender age of 21. After 3 booze soaked years of schmooze, Ingram left the organization to pursue a writing career with the influential Film Threat Magazine. While on assignment for the magazine, Ingram met Kevin Smith (Chasing Amy, Dogma, Clerks) who soon became his mentor and financed his first feature film. DRAWING FLIES, shot in Vancouver, BC in the summer of 1995, starred rising talent Jason Lee and had a successful run on the festival circuit.

Ingram’s next feature was TAIL LIGHTS FADE and featured a high profile and talented cast including Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Elizabeth Berkeley and Margot Kidder. With these two features under his belt, Ingram delved into his psyche and decided to make something more meaningful. Fortunately, it was at the same time that he realized he had a fondness for dudes.

SMALL TOWN GAY BAR was Ingram’s third film and it screened at over 50 film festivals internationally (Including a successful sold out screening at Inside Out). It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film festival and the GLAAD Media award for Best Documentary while winning THE HBO Award for Best Documentary in Miami and the Grand Jury Award at Outfest in Los Angeles.

Ingram recently finished his next gay opus BEAR NATION: LOOKING AT THE HISTORY AND IMPORTANCE OF FAT AND HAIR IN GAY – a documentary in seven parts.

Kevin and Malc’s Bear-themed SModcast should be available online sometime this weekend or early next week. Stay tuned.