Calendar – Past Event

In Hands on a Hardbody, two dozen small-town Texans compete for a brand-new "Hardbody" pickup truck at a local car dealership. The event is a contest of endurance and sleep-deprivation—whoever can remain standing the longest with one hand on the truck will get to drive it home. Capturing several days of lunacy, laughter, struggle and heartbreak, Hands on a Hardbody is more than a documentary about winning a truck. It is a remarkable study of competition, camaraderie, faith and determination—the ultimate human drama.

In conjunction with the opening of the musical version on Broadway, Hands on a Hardbody kicks off the Spring Season of the Stranger Than Fiction screening series at the IFC Center in New York City.

A Q&A with director S. R. Bindler will follow the screening.