Hi /r/movies, we’re Matthew Salleh and Rose Tucker, the documentary filmmaking duo behind “Slice of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts. ”We also made "Barbecue" (2017) and "We Don’t Deserve Dogs" (2020) – Ask us anything!!

Hi /r/movies, we're Matthew Salleh and Rose Tucker, the documentary filmmaking duo behind

“Slice of Life: The American Dream. In Former Pizza Huts.”We also made "Barbecue"

(2017) and "We Don't Deserve Dogs" (2020) – Ask us anything!!

We’re Matthew Salleh and Rose Tucker, a two-person documentary team originally from

Australia, now based in the US. Our new documentary film, “Slice of Life: The American

Dream. In Former Pizza Huts.” was released online last week after touring the film festival

circuit the last 6 months.

For the film, we captured a portrait of America through businesses that operate out of

those iconic former Pizza Hut buildings. It’s our third feature documentary – we previously

made “Barbecue” (where we journeyed around the world looking at how communities

gather by cooking meat over fire) and “We Don’t Deserve Dogs” (where we journeyed

around the world looking at the relationship between humans and dogs). You might detect

a recurring theme in our films!

We do all this as a two-person team – Matt directs and shoots, Rose produces and does the

sound, we do all the editing, sound mixing and post production out of our one bedroom

apartment, and we fund and distribute the films entirely ourselves. We’re also a couple

(going on 19 years – since this question usually comes up pretty quickly).

We also readily admit that we work freelance (as corporate video editors) to make this

dream job work. In fact, we were pretty much secretly ‘working from home’ for the entire

production and release of this new film. We try to be very honest and open about how

tough independent filmmaking can be, and are trying to remove the stigma around working

the second job when Hollywood doesn’t come calling. We’ve seen the highs and lows of

this biz – our first feature was sold to Netflix, our second film’s world premiere was

canceled in the first week of the pandemic…

Ask us anything! About the new film, about the old films, about independent filmmaking,

about the grind of corporate video work, about how we got to meet and interview the

original 91-year-old founder of Pizza Hut, about lenses and microphones, about anything!

Oh, and if you’re interested in seeing the new film, it’s available on Amazon Prime Video

and also direct through our website – sliceoflifedoc.com . If you go to the site and click the

‘Stream Now’ button, use the code FORMER to see the film for free (or the code PIZZA for

50% off if the other code runs out).

SYNOPSIS

A contemporary portrait of America, observed within the walls of former Pizza Hut buildings

across the country. These nostalgic spaces hold memories of a bygone era, but through

the power of transformation, they provide something new and special for the communities

that continue to flow through them.

From an LGBTQ+ church in Florida, to a karaoke bar in Texas, to a cannabis dispensary in

rural Colorado, these modern-day portraits are paralleled with the origin story of Pizza Hut –

one of America's most iconic brands, and the two brothers who founded the company in

Wichita, Kansas in 1958.

TRAILER:

HOW TO WATCH: the film is available now on Amazon Prime Video and direct via our

website sliceoflifedoc.com

Back at 3 PM ET to answer your questions!