Private Project

The All-American Ruins Podcast: Dad

While exploring the ruins of a once-popular drive-in movie theater, Blake thinks about his relationship with his father, reimagining a screening of Star Wars that they attended together the year John was diagnosed with stage IV mesothelioma.

  • Blake Pfeil
    Director
  • Blake Pfeil
    Writer
  • Blake Pfeil
    Producer
  • John Pfeil
    Key Cast
    "Self"
  • Blake Pfeil
    Key Cast
    "Self"
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media, Other
  • Runtime:
    22 minutes 13 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 27, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Podcast
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Blake Pfeil

Blake Pfeil is a multidisciplinary artist.

​His latest body of work, All-American Ruins, has been the recipient of numerous awards for its genre-bending, multimodal storytelling, including a recent UK Press Gazette Future of Media Awards nomination for Podcast of the Year (Regional). The project has seen multimedia installations worldwide, including England, Wales, Croatia, Italy, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and the USA.

Outside All-American Ruins, Blake most recently served as a guest producer for season 5 of History Colorado's Lost Highways while also working his "day job" as the Operations & Digital Programs Manager at TMI Project and "night job" as host of The Pfeil File on Radio Kingston / WKNY. Blake is an alumni of SUNY Stony Brook's Audio Podcast Fellowship and a Disctopia TruePlay Innovative Podcaster Award Finalist.

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