Santa Cruz Film Festival

Buskers: For Love or Money with Pomp and Circumstance

Friday, May 16, 2008 7:00 PM PDT
- Friday, May 16, 2008 9:00 PM PDT
at Cayuga Vault
in Santa Cruz, CA

Buskers: For Love or Money Chad Taylor USA 61 min Busking, according to Wikipedia, is the ?practice of doing live performances in public places to entertain people, usually to solicit donations and tips.? You may also know these folks as street performers. Amid rare footage of the most inspired and amazing street acts globally, Buskers offers a rousing salute inside this hidden world. Meet the tightrope walker, the razor blade muncher, the sidewalk samurai, the fire eater. From fights over prized street corners to the heights of artistic ingenuity, this is the human condition at its most freakishly wonderful. Buskers is an exuberant exploration of what some people will do for love or money.