Belgium travels creating documentary

Cassandra Matney
Posted 6/13/18

Luc Vrydaghs, left, and Matthias Rodeworst, are both from Belgium traveling from Miami to Seattle to create a documentary on small town American life. They spent roughly three days in Lusk collecting information before moving on to Cody, Wyoming. Photo/Cassandra Matney

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On the Road Without Jack is the title of the documentary two Belgium travelers are in the process of making. The documentary focuses on life in small town America and as much as they can, they are trying to stay off of the beaten path…leading them to Lusk, Wyoming. Luc Vrydaghs, from Antwerp, Belgium and Matthias Rodeworst, from Ghent, Belgium, spent roughly three days in Lusk driving around with the Lusk Police Department and spending time at Jeb Hanson’s ranch, among filming at other locations. “I can’t say that it’s important what exactly we’re trying to capture. Some days your happy to get anything...trying to sketch life and have a nose for finding stories” stated Vrydaghs on the documentaries overall intent while Rodeworst added, “Make a very raw, small sketch of life in America, this route is not similar to the rest of America”. The route Rodeworst refers to is Miami to Seattle where the duo have designated stops along the way. From Lusk they will travel to Cody where it’s on their agenda to take in a rodeo. Vrydaghs, a director and the director for this documentary, has previously made documentaries on the life of gas stations and those that work there, a similar work with a barbershop, and the Nicaragua diaries wherein he laughed about being on top of a roof, leaning down to film part of a Nicaragua rodeo. Rodeworst on the other hand is a tech and sounds specialist and aside from this documentary, works on both fiction and non-fiction television in Belgium. When asked what they thought of Lusk from their stay and what they’re finding out with their documentaries, their replies were similar; “[There is] Good feeling of the people here. I think you have it everywhere in America. When you go to the little towns, you feel people taking care of each other; community, something in our world you don’t find so easy” says Vrydaghs with Rodeworst adding, “In Europe we are more to our own. You have clicks with common interest. Here it is like everyone knows everyone and it’s one big click”. The documentary will air on national television in Belgium in January 2019 and will be a five episode series, running thirty minutes each.