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Looking for America: general impression (English subtitles)

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Channel: Eye Filmmuseum · 2017 · Film & Animation

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“A man went looking for America. And couldn't find it anywhere." - Easy Rider (1969) The perspective of American Indies on Americans that live outside of the American Dream.

 EYE looks back on the successful and still current program “Looking for America” which took place from October till December 2016. How does the age-old ideal of a ‘land of the free and home of the brave’ relate to the difficult reality of today? EYE sets off on a journey in the company of more unconventional American filmmakers from the world of independent film.

With: The Dawn Brothers, Mark Toscano Film Preservationist Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive, Rick Alverson American Independent Filmmaker, Sara Polak American Studies University Leiden, Gawie Keyser Film Critic De Groene Amsterdammer, Jaap Kooijman Mediastudies specialisation American Pop Culture, Chris Keulemans, Amber Ambiance Vineyard Mother of Vogue and Waacking in the Netherlands, Ramon Valle Jazz Pianist and Composer, Bel Parnell-Berry Co-Founder European Race and Imagery Foundation, Jeannine Valeriano Singer and Spoken Beat performer.

Video credits

Camera: Jan Frederik Groot
Montage : Wies Hündling
Fragments of: The Comedy (Rick Alverson, Entertainment (Rick Alverson, 2015) Clerks (Kevin Smith, 1994) Body and Soul (Oscar Micheaux, 1925) Bamboozled (Spike Lee, 2000) The Birth of a Nation (DW Griffith, 1915) Paris is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990)

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