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Director: J. Anderson Mitchell, Jeremy Kipp Walker
Year: 2012
Decade: 2010s

The History of Future Folk

June 20, 2017
Hosts: Justin Jaeger, Steve Sarmento

"Hondo!"

This month, Steve digs through the archives to revisit The History of Future Folk, a quirky indie that punches well above its weight. Yes, it’s a musical comedy about banjo-playing aliens. Yes, it’s the fictional backstory of a comic duo you’ve likely never heard of. But in all the insider-ness of Future Folk, there’s a delightful amount of heart that is so much more gratifying because my expectations were low going into it. Most gratifying? After re-watching the film, it just gets better.

So do yourselves a favor and check out The History of Future Folk… quickly and quietly for Hondo.

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Original theatrical trailer
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Future Folk — Wikipedia
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When the movie ends, our conversation begins.

On Trailer Rewind, co-hosts Steve Sarmento and Justin Jaeger pick one movie currently available on streaming services and discuss it at length, from its origins to its performance and everything in between.