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Anthem

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What a delightful way to spend an afternoon! Traveling the country, listening to some of the most introspective people, famous and not, talk about what this country (the USA) means to them, how they define the American Dream, and whether they think it is attainable today. I found this DVD doing a search on Winona Laduke, and was thrilled with her interview. Also highlighted are Studs Terkel, Willie Nelson, Robert Redford, a nondescript 20-year-old gas station attendant, an elderly waitress, and many more fascinating people who were (and were not) willing to be interviewed by two funny, hard-working, determined young women. You go grlz!

I saw this film on tv years ago and looked for it for a while and could not find it. Then one day it magically appeared as a valid dvd release. So I swooped it up. This has interviews w/ many famous celebrity "intellects" of our time (of course) including Hunter S. Thompson and filmmaker John Waters as well as a few politicians and musicians i.e. Michael Stipe and Chuck D. from Public Enemy. Most interesting is the HST interview on the day of Jerry Garcia's death. The premise is 2 journalists go on the road to "find the American dream". They start in Los Angeles and go all over the country. Good stuff. Get it. Or at least see if you can find it at Netflix.