ABOUT

Started in 2013, by Ryan Sarnowski, Threshing Media set out to document the last days of a man devoted to a forgotten, Midwestern cult. The results of this effort became Manlife, a feature length documentary that won the Audience Award at the 2017 Chicago Underground Film Festival. In 2018, Manlife became one of the first film distributed by Cow Lamp Films.

Threshing Media specializes in documentary-style storytelling and music-focused media, with a heavy emphasis on outsider culture and found media. Forever in love with the mystery and magic of editing, Threshing Media prides itself on being able to extract the best from whatever material is available, often unlocking new potential and deeper meaning within and between images.

Whether working in tandem with artists or other production companies, Threshing Media believes collaboration creates more meaningful ideas, deeper communication, and better art. Threshing Media has often collaborated with other production companies and organizations to provide additional storytelling skills and cost-conscious creative problem-solving techniques to their projects.