
A Lake of the Isles homeowner and a Minneapolis chainsaw sculptor shape meaning (and a twenty foot tall pencil) from the twisted trunk of a fallen oak tree. But this pencil isn’t meant to last. Every year, thousands gather to sacrifice a part of the pencil in a sharpening ceremony, and in the process renew the collective promise to “do something.”
Crew

Daniel Straub
Director, Producer
Austin Straub
Director of Photography, Producer
Bryce Cyrier
Producer
Tyler Gulbrandsen
Associate Producer
Chris Savage
Associate Producer
Dominick Forgen
Animation Director
Rachel Lautzenheiser
Executive Music Producer
James Ellington
Music
Scott Regan
Drone Cinematographer
Gianna Forgen
Publicist
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