"Armor of God"
(DOCUMENTARY - 12 minutes, 45 seconds)

Can ear-splitting improvisational noise be considered "Christian music"? North Carolina musician Scotty Irving certainly thinks so. In his one-man act, Clang Quartet, he bangs the ground with hammers, plays instruments made out of hockey masks and crutches, and generally cranks it up for the Lord. Armor of God uses Irving's arresting performance to peer into his motivations for walking so far out on musical and theological limbs.

Filmmaker Profiles: Jim Haverkamp and Brett Ingram

Brett Ingram and Jim Haverkamp are independent filmmakers based in Durham, NC. This film is their first collaboration. Their individual films have screened at museums, film festivals and on previous seasons of North Carolina Visions. Ingram holds a master's of fine arts in film and video production from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. They are currently working on a feature-length documentary about legendary Seattle animator Bruce Bickford.

Contact Information:

Jim Haverkamp
phone:919/220-8583
e-mail:hovercraft@ipass.net
Brett Ingram
phone:919/688-7408
e-mail:bingram@ipass.net

Local Connections

• Both Brett Ingram and the subject of the film, Scotty Irving, are North Carolina natives (Havekamp moved to NC five years ago from Iowa).
• Ingram and Haverkamp live in Durham, NC.
• Brett got an MFA in filmmaking from UNC-Greensboro in 1995.
• The film has screened at the Cucalorus film festival in Wilmington, the Hi Mom! Film Festival in Chapel Hill, and at the NC Filmmakers' Showcase at the Light Factory in Charlotte.
• The film was also shown last year at the NC Arts Council Fellowship Exhibit in Winston-Salem, because I had received a filmmaking fellowship from the NC Arts Council in 2000.