Faire: An American Renaissance (2010)

Camryn Manheim, J. Paul Moore, Gary Morgan

In 1963, from a small field on Haskels Rascals Ranch, L.A., an event known as the "Renaissance Pleasure Faire" was born. Blossoming from the Faire: street performing, arts, crafts, living history scen... read more arios were all given new life. Some 45 years later, Faire as it is so affectionately known, touches the lives of millions of people a year. From a school yard fund-raiser, Ron and Phylis Patterson took a weekend event and turned it into a worldwide phenomenon. Struggling to redefine itself , the Faire is now competing with the World Wide Web, Global Economies and Burning Man. Follow the incredible journey of a group of people that defined a movement.