"But the documentary was only playing at the film festival DOC NYC, some 3,000 miles away in New York City. So we couldn't watch it. Wait, it turns out we can watch it! The film festival DOC NYC is making a 48-hour rental of the documentary available for $15, so you can watch the SF origins of Santacon documentary from your Bay Area home, an entire continent away from NYC's Village East theater where the film is actually screening."
"From the looks of the trailer above, this film goes back to the 1994 San Francisco creation of what used to be called Santarchy, and was never originally intended as a pub crawl. It was a culture-jamming prank from a local group of jokers known as the Cacophony Society, who created flash mobs long before they were called flash mobs."
A feature film traces Santacon's evolution from a 1994 San Francisco culture-jamming prank into a modern, widely reviled blackout-and-vomit pub crawl. The prank originated with the Cacophony Society's Santarchy flash mobs and involved figures such as John Law, a future Burning Man co-founder, and author Chuck Palahniuk. The film captures infamous on-street stunts, including a staged hanging while dressed as Santa and other iconic 1990s moments. Original organizers formally disavowed Santacon and staged a 2014 funeral for the event. DOC NYC is offering a 48-hour rental of the film for $15, making the SF-origin story accessible nationwide.
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