Taking My Parents to Burning Man Taking My Parents to Burning Man Taking My Parents to Burning Man is a 2014 Canadian documentary film directed by Joel Ashton McCarthy and Bryant H. Boesen that follows the latter's adventures with his 60-year-old parents at the "infamous", annual Burning Man arts festival in Black Rock Desert. Their journey takes them on a road-trip from Vancouver, BC to northern Nevada in a 35-foot school bus. It provides a, "intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the preparation for, the journey to and the adventures at the least-likely family vacation imaginable." Selling out seven consecutive screenings, it won the Audience Choice Award for
Traverse City Film Festival 28 – August 2, 2009. Free Movies at the Open Space: The sixth annual festival was held from July 27 – August 1, 2010. Opening and Closing Night: TCFF 3D: Comedy & Drama from Home and Abroad: The Beatles at the Movies (A 40th Anniversary): A Salute to Cuban Film: Shorts Programs: Dangerous Docs: Midnight: Special Screenings: Kids Fest: Free Movies at the Open Space: The seventh annual festival was held from July 26–31, 2011. Opening and Closing Night: US Indies: New Foreign Cinema: State Theatre Centennial Celebration: 50th Anniversary of "To Kill a Mockingbird": Union! Our Salute to Public