Feature Film
This is Love
Goshen Theater • Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Screening followed by a Q&A with Producer Shawn Rhodes and Musicians Rudy Love & Bob Love.
Prior to the feature film screening, festival directors will be presenting John Hancock with this year’s RBFF Outstanding Achievement in Film and Friend of the Fest Award.
Directed by John Alexander
Funkumentary | 2018
Rudy Love can’t help but make music, even though it’s all been taken away. From his first contract fraudulently signed when he was 17, Love has been losing his music to the business ever since. His voice has been woven into hits from every decade since the sixties, yet he lives unknown in Wichita, Kansas. But that doesn’t concern him: all Rudy Love wants to do is sing.
His name circles among musicians like a ghost, an unseen guru who’s been influencing listeners whether they know it or not. People like Jay Z, Sly Stone, and George Clinton herald him as an unsung hero of
Prior to the feature film screening, festival directors will be presenting John Hancock with this year’s RBFF Outstanding Achievement in Film and Friend of the Fest Award.
The film is followed by a Q&A session with Producer Shawn Rhodes, Rudy Love, and Bob Love, moderated by David Kendall on the theater stage.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Mick Fleetwood
PRODUCERS
Shawn Rhodes, Mick Fleetwood, Robert Love, JC Guest, Ann Garvey, Susan Houston, Emily Bonavia
STUDIO
Rhodes Film & Video, Crook & Nanny Productions, A Film by Shawn Rhodes
AWARDS
Spirit Award
Raindance (London)
Best International Documentary
Rome Independent Film Festival
- Listening Party: A Conversation with Rudy Love
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2 p.m.
Ignition Music Garage
$12 or Pass - Concert: Rudy Love & The Love Family
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 8:30 p.m.
The Goshen Theater
$20 Concert Pass or VIP Pass
Schedule is subject to change.
In some cases, seating is limited. Arrive early to insure a seat!
2019 River Bend Film Festival Sponsors




Allen Brenneman • Celtx • Common Spirits • Flowers By Phoebe • Goshen Motors • Greensweep Cleaning Services • Lesson.ly • The Local • Salon J • Vinyl Wagon Crew • Weston Fribley • Woodstar Photography • Yoder Culp Funeral Home
This project is made possible by the support of the Indiana Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
And a special thanks to our 2019 Festival hosts
