Feature #2 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Industry Film Festival

Name: Feature #2 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Industry Film Festival
Start: 2025-09-20T21:30:00-04:00
Location: The Treelawn

Schedule

Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 09:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

The Treelawn | East Cleveland, OH

Feature #2 - The Secret Lives Of Bill Bartell
Trailer:

Bill Bartell was not famous but those who knew him think he should be. Bill was a musician, band manager, record label owner, police officer, rodeo bull rider, an attention-seeking recluse, and the ultimate fan-boy. He led an exceedingly compartmentalized life, keeping a tight lid on his background, his occupations, relationships and sexuality, hiding the jarring conflicts. The whole of his life was an enigma and maintaining it took a toll. Friend and bandmate to Sean Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Pat Smear, Thurston Moore, KISS, Iron Maiden, Ronnie Barnett, Jeff and Steve McDonald, Drew Barrymore, The Melvins, Shonen Knife, Quentin Tarantino and countless others. Bill was the conduit through which many relationships were established and successful careers launched. Bills friends and collaborators compare notes on what they knew and what Bill kept hidden from them, ruminating on the causes of his secrecy. This film unravels, reveals and ultimately, deepens the mystery of who Bill was and what secrets he took with him when his life came to a sad and unexpected close.
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Founded in 2000 at the Legendary Speak In Tongues, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Industry Film Festival is excited to be back with longtime friend and supporter Cindy Barber at the newly founded Tree Lawn Music Hall!
Co-Founders Matthew T., Cleveland based filmmaker and Impresario, and Marcel deJure, Los Angeles based Filmmaker and Multi hyphenate designer/illustrator, have curated two new amazing documentary films, and assembled short films from the greatest parts of their old catalog plus new short films from some of their favorite filmmakers.

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Public Onsale : Sat, 16 Aug 2025 at 06:00 PM