The Institute (2013)
1h 32m
Running Time
October 11, 2013Release Date
Plot.
Thousands of participants in a San Francisco-based alternate reality game end up getting more than they bargained for. Told from the players’ perspectives, the film looks over the precipice at an emergent new art form where the real world and fictional narratives merge to create unforeseen and often unsettling consequences. Examining counter-culture, new religious movements and street art, this film takes the viewer on a journey into a secret underground world teeming just beneath the surface of everyday life.
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Cast & Crew.
Arye Bender
Octavio Coleman Esq
Gordon McLaughlin
Drybones
Boston Blake
Dr. Eldridge Spearmint
Jeff Hull
Creator
Phil Benson
Co-Producer
Chelsea London Lloyd
Beth Foley
Spencer McCall
Director
Tracy Pfau
Jejune Operator
Uriah Findley
Co-Producer
Daniel Shoup
Kelvin Williams
Spencer McCall
Director
Paul Justin Encinas
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 11, 2013
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Genres
Wiki.
The Institute is a 2012 documentary film directed by Spencer McCall reconstructing the story of The Jejune Institute, an alternate reality game set in San Francisco, through interviews with the participants and the creators. The game was produced in 2008 by Oakland-based artist Jeff Hull. Over the course of three years, it enrolled more than 10,000 players who, responding to eccentric flyers plastered all over the city, started the game by receiving their "induction" at the fake headquarters of the Institute, located in an office building in San Francisco's Financial District.The series Dispatches from Elsewhere is based on this documentary film.