The streaming service Documentary+ has released a trailer for an interesting and entertaining new documentary titled The hobby. The film is described as a deep and enjoyable, character-driven immersion into the eccentric, high-stakes world of card collecting.
When I was a child I collected all kinds of cards! There were cards for everything! I have collected baseball cards, basketball cards, Garbage Pail Kids cards, Marvel Comics cards, and various cards made for animated shows like Batman: The Animated Series.
Card collecting died out in the 1990s, but is making a comeback. This film follows both longtime collectors and a new generation of collectors who are catching the fever.
Here’s the synopsis: “A shortage of McDonald’s Happy Meals. A security guard escort. The weapons were pulled over in a Target parking lot. All of these are caused by trading cards. In 2020 a new BOOM began. For the first time, large hedge funds, celebrities like Logan Paul and Steve Aoki, nostalgic millennials, entrepreneurs and billionaires rushed to add sports cards, Pokémon and other interesting items to their collections and wallets. Over the next two years, the hobby exploded, even causing card grading services to close due to excessive customer service. This documentary is a deep, character-driven dive into the quirky, high-stakes world of card collecting, following buyers, sellers, card shop owners, graders, online streamers, auctioneers and more, who all participate in the hobby in their own unique ways.”
The Hobby is directed by Morgan Jon Fox (This is what love looks like in action) and will debut streaming on Documentary+ on February 16, 2024.
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by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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