America's Parking Lot

Professional sports continues to morph into a casual wealthy man's pursuit at the spectator level, even as the common fan consumes more merchandise, information and satellite packages than ever to feed their obsession. AMERICA's PARKING LOT personalizes-and for Texas audiences, localizes-the shift.
Tiger's an Arlington man with an unreasonable memorabilia collection whose first marriage ended because of his passion for the Dallas Cowboys. Cy's an equally rabid 'Boys fan who hauls a 25-foot custom party trailer to every home game-from the other side of Abilene. Together they anchored Texas Stadium's often-rowdy Gate 6 tailgate parties, which was a decades-long tradition even for stadium staff. But the impending opening of $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium-partially financed publicly like most new pro sports facilities, but still saddled with shiny, hefty price hikes for attendees-forces them to make hard decisions about the boundaries of their support. Through the changes and adjustments and despite some serious conflicts, as well as context from fans in New York and Green Bay, Tiger and Cy figure out how to make do as fans of a much more inaccessible but equally vital team to their community.
First-time director Jonny Mars-star of the DIFF 2012 short film HELLION as well as DIFF 2011 film, WUSS-uses footage from four years of hard-core football partying, suffering and rebirth to show us what it truly means to take ownership of your passions.