THE WAY THINGS SEEM TO BE

Dives into the life and work of Rob Nilsson—filmmaker, poet, painter, essayist, and actor. The first American to win both the Camera d’Or at Cannes (1979) for NORTHERN LIGHTS and Sundance, Grand Prize (1988) for HEAT AND SUNLIGHT, Nilsson has built an uncompromising career with 45 feature films, numerous lifetime achievement and retrospective awards, and 450 pieces of art showcased in exhibitions in the USA, Africa, and Japan. His Direct Action style shatters boundaries, delivering impassioned stabs at pure, unfiltered truth. In his poetry collection, FROM A REFUGEE OF TRISTAN DA CUNA, and WILD SURMISE, a “collection of thoughts, feelings, surmises, rants, and rhapsodies” exploring his world of art and cinema over the last 40 years, Nilsson’s vision is relentless and fearless. If life is raw, unpredictable, and unfiltered, isn’t that the way things seem to be?  Director: Zhan Petrov Producer: Rob Nilsson Writer: Rob Nilsson Featuring: Rob Nilsson Bobby Roth Al Nelson Mark Fishkin Pam Grier Bruce Dern John Cale Josh Peterson Steve Burns Consuelo Faust Sandra Schulberg Stacy Keach Nancy Hayes Tom Bower John Hanson Robert Viharo Scot Cooper Jacques Thelemaque Marianne Heath Michelle Anton Allen Gail Schickele Train Schickele John Marley Rosemary Nelson Don Bajema Daniel Da Silva Russel Murphy Tony Milliner Billy Aguero Rand Crook Ethan Sing Celik Kayalar Penny Werner Lydia Becker Bruce Johnson Jean Johnson Suraj Gurung Rick Brown Daniel Kremer Zhan Petrov Chikara Motomura Drow Millar Deniz Demirer Carol Richards Clayton Allen Mystyslav Chernov Arthur Vibert Mickey Freeman David Fox Annette Fox Paige Olson Marshall Spight Mike Russel Robert Unsworth Robindira Unsworth India Unsworth