I Am Another You
An excellent, intuitive study of American wanderlust.
I Am Another You
When Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang (Hooligan Sparrow) first came to America, Florida seemed like an exotic frontier full of theme parks, prehistoric swamp creatures, and sunburned denizens. As she travels wide-eyed from one city to another, she eventually encounters a charismatic young drifter named Dylan. Fascinated by his rejection of society's rules and unsure of his past, Nanfu follows Dylan with her camera on a journey that spans years, takes her across America, and explores the meaning of freedom. But as Nanfu delves deeper into Dylan’s world, she discovers something that calls her entire worldview into question.
Genre
Documentary,
Women and Film
Runtime
80
Language
English
Director
Nanfu Wang
Awards:
Nominee, Grand Jury Award ~ Documentary Feature, South by Southwest
Winner, Special Jury Award ~ Documentary Feature, South by Southwest
FEATURED REVIEW
Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
Sometimes freedom’s just another romanticized word for a knot of tough realities — as documentarian Nanfu Wang discovers in her affecting new film. When she was still new to the United States, and before she returned to China to make her debut doc, 'Hooligan Sparrow,' Wang befriended a fellow ...
Played at
Monica Film Center 10.06.17 - 10.12.17
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