Atlanta Documentary Film Festival 2026: "Brannu" (Day 1)

From the venue:

The Atlanta Documentary Film Festival returns March 19 - 22 at Synchronicity Theatre in Midtown Atlanta for our 21st annual celebration of documentary films.

This year’s program includes powerful investigative films, personal stories, and documentaries that are funny, surprising, and deeply human. Some films will challenge you. Others may make you laugh or see something in a new way. That range of tone is part of what makes documentary filmmaking so exciting.

For the first time, the festival will also present a separate collection of films online, March 23 - April 6, giving audiences another way to discover documentaries beyond the theater.

Join us in Atlanta for four days of remarkable nonfiction storytelling. If you can't make the live event, be sure to check out our online selections.

Brannu: The Urban Horseman

Director Adelin Gasana - USA - 108 min.

Wild Man. Animal Abuser. Crazy. Looney. Troublemaker. Urban Cowboy. These are the many labels hurled at Brandon Fulton to describe his lifestyle and ranching entrepreneurship. Going with his moniker “Brannu”, Fulton has been the recognizable local horseman in the southwestern part of Fulton County, Georgia. Since his arrival on the scene training and tending to horses and building up his ranch-style property, he has been the target of local government for a decade. City and county officials have cited him, arrested him, and imposed on him their will for the 27-acre land that he owns. In this adventure story the legal bounds of what land, freedom, and property mean in an agriculture state will be portrayed. Economic and sociopolitical forces of gentrification, eminent domain and urbanization will be addressed. Cameras will capture the nuance of Brannu’s daily life and his routine in fighting for his version of the American Dream. This is a coming-of-age story that shines light on the power of dreams where a Black man realizes his full potential in the crux of unchartered territory in 21st century America.

Screening Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 9:05 PM at Synchronicity Theatre

Screens with opening short film WARANGEL