Jan 22, 2016
60 min
Full-HD

The Illinois Parables (2016)

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?

Category

Documentary History

Country

United States of America

Companies

Pythagoras Film

C. Felton Jennings II

Himself

Anna Toborg

Herself

Joshua Frieman

Himself

José Oubrerie

Himself

Daniel Verdier

Himself

David Gatten

Himself

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