DRIVER 23 (1999, 35mm, 72m) and THE ATLAS MOTH (2001, HD, 75m) document seven years in the life of Dan Cleveland, a Minneapolis-based rock guitarist/deliveryman and his band, Dark Horse. In spite of, or because of his obsessive-compulsive disorder, Dan is driven with an existential need to accomplish something…anything. He faces all obstacles with uncanny determination and the help of a variety of homemade inventions. An antidote for the manufactured puff pieces of the MTV era, these two films show the gritty reality and stranger-than-fiction comedy of an aspiring rock star. Director Rolf Belgum will be present for an introduction and post-screening Q&A.