The Institute

The Institute

92 mins | Documentary | Oct. 11, 2013

Thousands of participants in a San Francisco-based alternate reality game end up getting more than they bargained for. Told from the players’ perspectives, the film looks over the precipice at an emergent new art form where the real world and fictional narratives merge to create unforeseen and often unsettling consequences. Examining counter-culture, new religious movements and street art, this film takes the viewer on a journey into a secret underground world teeming just beneath the surface of everyday life.

The Institute

92 mins | Documentary | Oct. 11, 2013

The Institute
Thousands of participants in a San Francisco-based alternate reality game end up getting more than they bargained for. Told from the players’ perspectives, the film looks over the precipice at an emergent new art form where the real world and fictional narratives merge to create unforeseen and often unsettling consequences. Examining counter-culture, new religious movements and street art, this film takes the viewer on a journey into a secret underground world teeming just beneath the surface of everyday life.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers
Original title The Institute
Directors Spencer McCall
Writers

Cast

Arye Bender

as Octavio Coleman Esq

Jeff Hull

as Creator

Gordon McLaughlin

as Drybones

Daniel Shoup

as Kelvin Williams