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American Passages (2011)
Directed by Ruth Beckermann
Documentary · 2h 00m
Initially, there's that moment of happiness: an African-American celebrating in Harlem cheers "We're free!" as if Barack Obama's victory meant the ultimate end of slavery. AMERICAN PASSAGES is an associative journey through the United States: a disillusioned Iraq veteran, gay adoptive fathers, black judges, white party animals and a pimp at a casino table in Las Vegas. The extreme contrasts of black and white, rich and poor, winners and losers are often as surprising as the meaning of the constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness in these times of crisis. An epic panorama of America.
Crew
- Director
- Ruth Beckermann
- Screenplay
- Ruth Beckermann
- Director of Photography
- Antoine Parouty, Lisa Rinzler
- Editor
- Dieter Pichler
Details
- Release date
- 2011-03-31
- Runtime
- 2h 00m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Austria
- Production
- Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion