From dreamy aerial opening shots, we are sent on an expedition through the storied land of our fifth most populous state, Illinois, often called a miniature version of America. Deborah Stratman’s experimental documentary explores how physical landscapes and human politics can each re-interpret historical events. Eleven parables relay histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, violence, messianism, and resistance. Who gets to write history—physical monuments, official news accounts, or personal spoken-word memories?
Release Date: January 22, 2016
September 15, 2011
November 01, 2015
January 01, 1982
July 10, 1981
August 01, 1996
October 05, 1988
April 27, 2007
January 01, 1980
September 15, 2006
December 07, 2012
March 28, 2019
September 28, 1994
January 02, 1983
April 27, 2016
April 27, 1977
April 30, 2016
June 29, 2003
December 08, 2004
January 01, 2007
November 01, 2012