Grabbers

Just outside of Gustine, CA sits a quaint wooden stadium where a centuries old tradition is preserved under moon and buzzing lights. Truck drivers, dairy men and vegetable farmers by day, the Grabbers spend their able-bodied nights carrying on the rituals of their homeland by wrestling bulls with nothing more than their hearts and bare hands.

For this 30-second spec, director Michael Jacobs uses a documentary aesthetic to transpose an audacious lifestyle into a concise piece of content. A combination of Red One and Canon 5D Mark II cinematography by James Laxton and Mike Gioulakis.