Video Interview: Marah Strauch & Eric Bruggemann (Sunshine Superman)

Director Marah Strauch and producer Eric Bruggemann‘s first feature collaboration tells the exhilarating story of Carl Boenish, the father of the BASE jumping movement whose obsession with free falling was matched only by his interest in filming his jumps in gorgeous 16mm. Though structured around a series of intense high profile jumps caught on film, Sunshine Superman also is reveals the love story between Bruggemann and his wife Jean. After the film’s premiere last year at the Toronto International Film Festival, I had the opportunity to speak with Strauch and Brugemann about how they became involved with the film, how they settled on the film’s structure, how executive producer Alex Gibney came on board and how funding for the film fell into place. Watch the video interview below: