THIS LAND

16MINS // 2011 // USA

AN EXPERIMENT IN ARTISTIC ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMMAKING, 'THIS LAND' CHRONICLES A CROSS-EYED JOURNEY THROUGH THE AMERICAN UNDERBELLY. IT IS A BRICOLAGE OF ALL ORIGINAL VIDEO & SOUND RECORDINGS COLLECTED ON A 6 WEEK ROAD TRIP THAT SPANNED FROM BOSTON TO NEW ORLEANS. THE FILM SETS OUT TO EXPLORE THE AMERICAN PSYCHE & CULTURAL CONSCIENCE THROUGH THE SUBJECTIVE RECOUNTING OF TRANSIENT EXPERIENCE. 'THIS LAND' ADVOCATES A FORM OF DOCUMENTARY WHERE THE INTERWEAVING OF FRAGMENTARY IMPRESSIONS ARE PREFERRED TO CLAIMS OF ABSOLUTE 'TRUTH'.

EXHIBITED AS PART OF THE BRIGHTON FESTIVAL AT "$1 SLICE- IMAGES OF THE AMERICAN DREAM"