8,5 weeks - Mary Does USA (2018 doc / 2014 tour)

A film by Julien Binet and Mary Ocher Edit and Animation by: Julien Binet Footage by: Christina Sunbeam and Mary Ocher Additional illustrations: Tom Plate Photos by: Christina Sunbeam and the participants Dedicated to Charlie Megira. 8,5 Weeks is a documentary of Mary Ocher's first North American tour in spring 2014. ________________________________________________________________ The trials and tribulations on an epic first North American tour of 50 coast to coast dates back in 2014. Featuring photographer and tour companion Christina Sunbeam, bands and pals they've met on the road and their music, labels and promoters, including several who attempted and some succeeded ripping them off, a car crash, getting sick on the road, bad food, accommodation in various conditions, and lots and lots of billboards, American flags, trucks, vanity license plates, and the extremities of wealth and poverty. A document featuring many DIY music venues and communities all across North America. Several further N American tours followed, none quite as shocking as the first. With: King Khan, Bobby Conn, Arrington de Dionyso, Fenster, Jeffery Lewis, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Karen O and many others.