Join us after the screening for a discussion with Director Arthur Jones & Producer Giorgio Angelini.
Winner of the Sundance U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker; from the Producer & Editor of the acclaimed documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
When Matt Furie first created Pepe the Frog, a character in his indie comic Boy’s Club, Matt was an easygoing San Francisco artist and Pepe was a chill frog dude. Through a series of unforeseen events and bizarre connections driven by the internet, Pepe came to be a symbol of hate for the far right. How that exactly happened is a wild journey into the heart of online life today and the “memeification” of our shared collective culture, where the meanings of images change moment to moment and cannot be controlled even by their creators.
Furie decides to fight to take back Pepe from the dark forces that have turned him from a silly comic-book character into their own symbol. But is it already too late? Debut director Arthur Jones takes us through a modern-day saga of the internet that must be seen to be believed or understood. Feels Good Man shows us how a character meant to provide joy and fun can slowly morph into something else—but just maybe can change again.
“A strange and terrifying odyssey that says much about intellectual property, fringe groups and the power of online imagery — and culture — to alter the national landscape.”
- Nick Schager, Variety
“10 Best Movies at Sundance 2020.”
- David Fear, Rolling Stone
THE FACTS:
Run Time: 92 minutes
Director: Arthur Jones
Producers: Giorgio Angelini, Caryn Capotosto, Arthur Jones, Aaron Wickenden
Executive Producers: Jenifer Westphal, Joe Plummer, Steve Cohen, Paula Froehle, Susan Morrison, Nancy Stephens