For my next “Present Tense” column at Film Comment, I interviewed director Brett Hanover about his film Rukus, which we awarded Best Feature in the “Hometowners” category at Indie Memphis last year. A documentary-narrative hybrid, Rukus is a coming-of-age story, which starts with an entryway into the subculture of “furries,” which then leads into other diverse art subcultures in Memphis (where Hanover is from), and the film looks at all kinds of issues like intimacy, trauma, sex, art. I love the film so much and am so glad point people towards seeing it, and was thrilled to get a chance to talk with Brett about it. Here is our conversation.
He’s releasing it online for free (I asked him about that choice in our interview). You can view it here.
