ABOUT

Threshing Media specialize in documentary storytelling and music-focused media with a heavy emphasis on outsider culture and re-imagined materials.

Started in 2013, by Ryan Sarnowski, Threshing Media set out to document the last days of a 90-year-old man who devoted his entire life to a dying Midwestern cult. The results of this effort became Manlife, a feature length documentary that won the Audience Award at the 2017 Chicago Underground Film Festival.

Over the years, Threshing Media has collaborated with renowned musicians, other production companies, and non-profit organizations to provide additional storytelling skills and cost-conscious, creative problem-solving techniques to their projects.

In 2026, Threshing Media expanded beyond video production with the publication of Threshing Media Catalogues.