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Where Are We? Our Trip Through America
- Director: Rob Epstein; Jeffrey Friedman
- Producer: Rob Epstein; Jeffrey Friedman
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A gay San Francisco couple go travelling down to the deep south...
GAWD, they have got to be the dreariest couple of all time.
Both are inept interviewers and the overall impression is that they are actually mocking the people...for not living in SF...for not being like them.
The same old grumbles come to the surface (difficult to stifle the yawns)...Zzz!
There is a slightly interesting part when some gay marines talk, in a dimmed light, to the camera...but, it's not enough to save this from being an uneventful slog.
Not a patch on Epstein & Friedman's other work.
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The(ir) Blurb...
Accomplished documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeff Friedman ("Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt", "The Celluloid Closet") take a trip across the American South and Southwest, asking people about their hopes and fears. Along the way they interview a mobile-home salesman, gay and lesbian soldiers (including Gulf War veterans), a woman whose husband built her miniature version of Graceland, a recovering drug addict who aspires to movie stardom, a 15-year-old mother-to-be, and a casino owner whose role models include Nelson Mandela and Mother Theresa. "Where Are We? (Our Trip Through America)" is simple; none of the interviewees says anything profound or complex--yet the movie captures an intriguing and contradictory cross-section of the U.S., observing how people forge ahead regardless of their circumstances, seeking happiness as best they can. It's a striking portrait of resilience, illustrated with some amazing hairstyles.