Filmed between September 1995 and August 1997, American Movie documents the making of Coven, an independent short horror film directed by Mark Borchardt. Produced for the purpose of raising capital for Northwestern, a feature film Borchardt intends to make, Coven suffers from numerous setbacks, including poor financing, a lack of planning, Borchardt's alcoholism, and the ineptitude of the friends and family he enlists as his production team. The documentary follows Borchardt's filmmaking process, interspersed with footage from both of Borchardt's developing projects.
filmed between september 1995 and august 1997 american movie documents the making of coven an independent short horror film directed by mark borchardt produced for the purpose of raising capital for northwestern a feature film borchardt intends to make coven suffers from numerous setbacks including poor financing a lack of planning borchardt's alcoholism and the ineptitude of the friends and family he enlists as his production team the documentary follows borchardt's filmmaking process interspersed with footage from both of borchardt's developing projects