Rocaterrania August 25, 2009

Rocaterrania - the next film in The 100-Mile Sustainable Cinema Series hosted by the Chatham Arts Council.

Monster Road" Producer/Director Brett Ingram's latest feature length documentary explores the secret world of scientific illustrator and visionary artist Renaldo Kuhler.

Brett Ingram’s documentary explores the imaginary, European-styled nation of Rocaterrania,
a secret world created by artist Renaldo Kuhler. In the last four decades, seventy-six-year-old
Kuhler has created hundreds of plates for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences,
illustrating diverse flora and fauna for obscure scientific journals and reference books.
Before the making of this documentary, no one knew that he is also a prolific visionary artist.
Rocaterrania unveils Kuhler's astounding imaginary nation to the world, complete with it’s own
language, complex history and industries and reveals the powerful story of his life in the process.
Among other themes, the film is about the insidious nature of conformity, the courage to be one’s
true self, and the redemptive power of artistic creation. Featuring an eclectic original score by
Merge Records recording artists Shark Quest.

Formerly a journalist, physics teacher, and electrical engineer on the Space Shuttle Main Engine Program,
Brett Ingram teaches filmmaking in the Department of Broadcasting and Cinema at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro. Ingram’s first documentary feature, Monster Road, about clay-animator
Bruce Bickford, won sixteen awards (including “Best Documentary” at the 2004 Slamdance Film Festival)
and screened at more than ninety festivals (including MFF 2004) before playing the Sundance Channel
in 2005. http://www.brettingram.org.