"Fishin’ For Tradition: A Lutefisk Saga"
Eric J. Nelson, Director/Cinematographer
Recorded June 13, 2009
Watch Flash video"Fishin' For Tradition: A Lutefisk Saga" tells the history of this noble fish with animation, music, and with exuberant enthusiasm.
Filmmaker Biography
Eric J. Nelson is an independent filmmaker based in Madison and Chicago.
Since graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in History/Zoology/Com Arts, he has spent many years working as a cinematographer and gaffer on productions both small and large from feature films and commercial spots to documentaries, industrials and live events.
Mr. Nelson operates a lighting services company, Pod Nine Lighting and Grip, with frequent creative partners, Kipp & K.C. Norman. He also plays and records music with the experimental Americana band, Vibrationland, on the Bubonic Records label.
Mr. Nelson lives with his producer/wife, Kristin Larson, and their two lovely co-productions, son Arthur and daughter Ruth.
More About the Film
The joy of lutefisk, the Norwegian cod treat preserved with caustic soda, is captured through interviews with dozens of diners at Sons of Norway lodges, church suppers, and other gatherings. Madison, Minn., is the lutefisk capital of the United States (the mayor says that no one else was challenging for the title so they just took it), which holds a lutefisk-eating contest each year. You know you’re in the heart of the Lutheran Upper Midwest when squeezable bottles of “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” are the official condiment.
Broadcast schedule
More Information
DVDs of the film can be found at www.lutefiskmovie.com