Southern Fried Fencing

Description

Eccentric New Yorker Andy Shaw moved to Shreveport, Louisiana and brought with him a strange collection of mannequins and fencing memorabilia.

This delightful film chronicles the life and career of Andy, who not only founded the Fencing Hall of Fame, but has also taught lessons to the likes of Bob Dylan.

The Deep South locals view Andy with a mix of suspicion and curiosity, but soon realize the lessons he offers students extend well beyond the confines of a fencing strip

"Southern Fried Fencing documents an unlikely hero in an improbable place. Filmmakers Michele and Jay Carter uncover Andy Shaw, former world class fencer and now proprietor of the American Fencing Museum in Shreveport Louisiana. Shaw is a combination of supercharged ego, professor and humanitarian. The real beauty of this movie is the layers of the storytelling within the documentary genre. We meet Shaw as a character and come to know him as a teacher, a passionate advocate of fencing, and finally, as a deeply compassionate human with conflicts that are nearly impossible to resolve. The directors elevated a quirky subject into a substantial and worthy film that is funny, deep and moving." - Peter Rinck, Emerge Film Festival

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