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STAREMASTER: Season 2. Ep 1 of 3. JUDGEMENT DAY AT JFK.

Season 2 begins in the sleepy southern town of Pensacola, Florida in 2002, as a DIY film crew follows the rise and rule of Staremaster Dave. Their movie premieres to an enthusiastic audience in the Lower East Side of New York City in 2004 and through a series of contests in the city another undefeated regional champion, William Lemon III, is recognized as a Staremaster. As the project evolves into a performance art spectacle, volumes of press are generated about the contest as the “avant-garde of competitive sports” and when Playboy magazine refers to Will Lemon as “THE” Staremaster… our rivalry begins. From a crusty Florida dive bar to the center stage of an infamous International Art exhibition in New York City, our champions come to the table to go head-to-head and face-to-face in eye-to-eye combat to find out once and for all… ladies and gentlemen, this is Episode 1: Judgement Day at JFK.

  • sean line
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    39 minutes 25 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 3, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    200,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan, United States
  • Language:
    English, Japanese
  • Shooting Format:
    VHS, mini-DV and DV
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - sean line

Sean Linezo (a.k.a. AnArchivist) is a co-founder of the 309 Punk Project, a non-profit local history archive and artist residency program in Pensacola, Florida. Since 1999 he has travelled the world extensively, recording video and collecting oral histories of subcultures and indigenous communities. Since the 2020 lockdown he has begun a transition from obsessively collecting and producing data to editing and publishing elements from his archive.

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Director Statement

In a STAREMASTER battle, the longer that "nothing" happens... the more dramatic it becomes. I have been taking nothing very seriously for over 20 years and Ive had enough! Ahaha, i feel like its finally time to make sense out of all of this nonsense...