“All It Takes” is a film featuring the Milwaukee bluegrass band Chicken Wire Empire. What began as a small video project expanded into an hour long film, featuring individual interviews with each member.

 

Filmed over the course of 2017 by director Ross Monagle, “All It Takes” follows the band as they travel Wisconsin, recording at the Riverside Theater (Milwaukee), performing at the Source Public House (Menasha), The Jazz Estate (Milwaukee), and Gibraltar (Milwaukee).