Who ultimately gets to decide what is true and what is false? In a world filled with fake news, we are constantly challenged to figure out if what we are seeing is truthfully depicted. Bakersfield Mist directly questions authenticity in art, and by extension, our relationships to one another.
Maude, a middle-aged unemployed bartender from Bakersfield, California, purchased a painting from a local thrift store for only a few bucks. Now she's convinced the painting is a long-lost Jackson Pollock masterpiece worth millions! Lionel, an expert from New York City, flies over to her trailer park home to authenticate the artwork, but what they discover is far beyond what either could have ever imagined.
Who ultimately gets to decide what is true and what is false? In a world filled with fake news, we are constantly challenged to figure out if what we are seeing is truthfully depicted. Bakersfield Mist directly questions authenticity in art, and by extension, our relationships to one another.
Maude, a middle-aged unemployed bartender from Bakersfield, California, purchased a painting from a local thrift store for only a few bucks. Now she's convinced the painting is a long-lost Jackson Pollock masterpiece worth millions! Lionel, an expert from New York City, flies over to her trailer park home to authenticate the artwork, but what they discover is far beyond what either could have ever imagined.
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