Barefoot: The Mark Baumer Story

Local title
Paljajalu: Mark Baumeri lugu
Title in Russian
Босиком: история Марка Баумера
Original title
Barefoot: The Mark Baumer Story
Director
Julie Sokolow
Country
USA
Year
2019
Programme
Science360°, Environment Agency Environmental Film Programme

Mark Baumer’s awful death at age 33 received more media attention than the protest that he was engaged in at the time, a bold months-long undertaking that some would call crazy. The symbolism of that death is inescapable: While walking barefoot across the United States to call attention to the impact of fossil fuels on the environment, he was struck by a gas-guzzling SUV. It was a violent end to an exceptionally creative life.

Julie Sokolow’s clear-eyed documentary celebrates that life in a no-frills way that suits its subject, a man who discarded not merely his shoes, but also the trappings and constraints of the contemporary rat race.

Director
Julie Sokolow
Screenwriter
Julie Sokolow
Cast
Mark Baumer, Mary Baumer, Jim Baumer
Producer
Olivia Vaughn, Danny Yourd
DoP
John Pope
Editor
Julie Sokolow
Music
Ryan Stewart
Production
Animal
Runtime
Language
English
Subtitles
Estonian
Director
Julie Sokolow

Aspie Seeks Love (2015, doc), Woman on Fire (2016, doc), Barefoot: The Mark Baumer Story (2019, doc)

Programme presented by

Presented by

Trailer