72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The Illinois Parables

Deborah Stratman
USA      60 m.
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An experimental documentary. Eleven parables recount events from the history of the state of Illinois: regional vignettes about faith, force, technology and exodus. From the violent eviction of the Cherokee to the establishment of a utopian community of French Icarians, the invention of the nuclear reactor, and the murder of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, the film relays histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, violence, messianism, and resistance. Illinois functions here as a convenient structural ruse, allowing its histories to become allegories that explore how societies are shaped by conviction and ideology.

Director
Deborah Stratman (USA)
Screenplay
Deborah Stratman
Production
Pythagoras Film (USA)
Deborah Stratman
Photography
Deborah Stratman
Edition
Deborah Stratman
Music
Okkyung Lee, Olivia Block, Jeanne Demessieux
Cast
Raven Wolf C. Felton Jennings II, José Oubrerie, Daniel Verdier, David Gatten, Joshua Frieman, Anna Toborg
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
60 m.
Country
USA
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