Our America (2002)
- Directed by
- Ernest Dickerson
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two teenage boys in a Chicago housing project create a radio documentary about their neighborhood's struggles. They record stories of violence, poverty, and hope from the people around them. The film follows their journey to share these voices with a wider audience.
somberrawintimatereflectivegroundedemotionalurgentquietly devastating
What happens
Our America is a film based on the book by LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman, Our America: Life And Death on the South Side of Chicago that tells the story of the first 4 years of Ghetto Life 101, an Award Winning NPR Documentary Series of real life stories in South Side, Chicago, they created. It premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, and aired on American television later that year. This was the last performance of Brandon Hammond before his retirement from acting. The film is Dedicated to Eric Morse, a 5 Year-Old Boy who was murdered in the Ida B. Wells Homes eight years earlier in 1994. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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