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?
Zombiemania
2008
6
1968 with Tom Brokaw
2007
4
H. Spencer Lewis: Restorer of Rosicrucianism
2009
4
Back to Bosnia
2005
7
New Secrets of the Terracotta Warriors
2013
7
A Night at the Garden
2017
6
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997
6
Turquie, voyage à la croisée des mondes
2016
5
Winnerbäck - ett slags liv
2017
6
Marjoe
1972
7
Matria
2014
0
Sacromonte, los sabios de la tribu
2014
8
Amicus Vault of Horrors
2015
10
Piripkura
2018
8
Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq
2007
6
Ein Fenster in die Welt
1951
0
Till
2022
7
Return to 'Giant'
1996
6
Faceless
2012
0
A Walk to Beautiful
2007
6