Some of the best documentaries simply reveal realities about the world.  They relate a story and withhold judgment.  This can seem ambiguous or unclear, but with some subjects there is either no other way to do it, or the film maker has found that this is the most capable avenue available to them to approach their subject.

The short documentary American Juggalo does just this.  Offering shades of Heavy Meal Parking Lot, American Juggalo relates the story of the Gathering through the experiences and words of the Juggalos who attend it, and in doing so offers insight into the lifestyle and fan-base associated with the Insane Clown Posse.  While I don’t think fan-base is truly the best way to describe what the Juggalos are and what their relationship to ICP and one another is, I hesitate to call them a cult following, in an attempt to with hold judgement myself.

The film is a fascinating collection of both heartfelt and misguided decelerations of purpose and togetherness, all trying to offer meaning and explanation (not excuses) on a complex, confusing, and often reject notion: Juggalos.  I am not totally sure what to take away form the whole experience, but, as I said before, some documentaries are ambiguous, and so too are a many more subjects.