Cold Open · Essay · jun 20, 2024

The Ross Brothers on Gasoline Rainbow (2023)

Bill and Turner Ross make documentary cinema that feels like social experiment — giving their subjects freedom and following whatever truth that freedom produces. Gasoline Rainbow is their boldest test: five Gen-Z teenagers given a car and the American road, with no script and no destination. In conversation with Elliot, the Ross Brothers discuss what cinema can find when it stops controlling the outcome, why American documentary has become too cautious, and what happened when the teenagers decided to perform their most honest selves anyway.

By Elliot Bloom

Film Journalist · Celebrating Cinema

Collectively known as The Ross Brothers, Bill and Turner Ross are utterly unique in their approach to filmmaking. In a conversation with our host Elliot Bloom, these American directors discuss how film can serve as a vehicle for social experiments, aiming to uncover deeper truths about ourselves and society. Their latest film, “Gasoline Rainbow,” offers a bold exploration by giving five Gen-Z teenagers the freedom to be entirely themselves on a classic American road trip. But what did The Ross Brothers learn on their own journey while making this film?

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