"Rungs in a Ladder" is the latest short form documentary by production team McFarland and Pecci. A meditation on life, art, and purpose, the film centers around Jacob Bannon, an accomplished visual artist and frontman for hardcore band Converge, a group that has been carving its own iconoclastic path through the hardcore music landscape for over twenty years.
Bannon reflects on the formative events in his life as well as his continuing commitment to creation rather than destruction. A commitment that, he explains, is informed as much by anger as it is by survival. The documentary is a single continuous thought that sprawls in multiple directions but ultimately culminates in a sobering and uplifting statement of purpose.
Directed by Ian McFarland, "Rungs in the Ladder" is the latest in an ongoing series of documentaries by McFarland and Pecci profiling people carving a meaningful existence for themselves on the fringes of society.
Converge Australian Tour February 2013
with special guests Old Man Gloom
February 12 Amplifier, Perth
w/ Forstora
Tickets from Oztix outlets and oztix.com.au
February 13 Fowlers, Adelaide Lic / AA
w/ Starvation
Tickets from Clarity Records, Moshtix outlets, moshtix.com.au and Venue Tix
February 14 Brisbane Hotel, Hobart
w/ Surrender
Tickets from Moshtix outlets and moshtix.com.au
February 15 Billboard, Melbourne
w/ The Broderick
Tickets from billboardthevenue.com.au, Ticketek, Oztix and Moshtix outlets
February 16 Manning Bar, Sydney
w/ Safe Hands
Tickets from www.manningbar.com and Oztix outlets.
February 17 Hi Fi, Brisbane
w/ The Fevered
Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au, tel 1300-THEHIFI (8434434) and Moshtix outlets.
