After a long wait here is the first teaser trailer for “One American Dream?”. I hope you enjoy it!
One American Dream Teaser Trailer
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Young Entrepreneurs
As many of our generation are either unemployed, under employed or only working a job to make ends meet, it is good to read that there are others out there making lemonade from the lemons that were given to them. In the recession today jobs are at an all time low. If you jsut graduated college, chances are you wont be finding a job in your field. However there is another option.
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We are the future, but who are we?
So let me start off by apologizing for the time between posts. Things have been pretty crazy for the past month and a half and now I finally have a chance to write again. To give a quick summary of whats happened since the last post, brace yourselves its alot….
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Travel Update, pt 5
Back on the road … I’m actually writing this on my laptop as we are driving down 101 (posting the day after due to internet issues). Last time we spoke, or read rather, we were in Waco, TX staying with my friend Laura and her family. The following day we interviewed Laura and her husband Steven about their American Dream. They have a much different perspective then a lot of people we have been talking to. That is because they are at a different point in their life. They are approaching their 5-year wedding anniversary this October, and their oldest daughter just turned 5 and their youngest is 8 ½ months.
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Travel Update, pt 3
We had a great day filming on Monday with the International Institute of Akron. They kindly let us into their institute and gave us free reign to film and talk to their clients, which we did. Over all we did 8 interviews with their staff and clients.
To tell you a little about the Institute, their mission is “to contribute to the well-being of the community by creating and implementing programs and services to assist the foreign born to integrate into our society, to promote public awareness of the value of ethnic diversity, and to encourage international communication.” They help refugees resettle in the Akron area as well as teach English classes, and assist with the citizenship and green card process. What they are doing is great for the community and you see how much good they are doing by how many people are at their offices.
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On the road, pt 1
Sorry its been a few days since the last post. We have been traveling and filming. The bus is very draining, but we are both feeling rested and ready to go.
To recap the trip so far, the bus ride was long. Really long. We left San Francisco 1am on Tuesday and arrived in Akron, OH Thursday at 5p. We had lay overs in Salt Lake City, Denver, Kansas City, St Louis and Columbus OH. It was definitely a different experience. We met all kind of people from students heading to Bonnaroo, to truck divers heading home, to regular people just traveling. Shout out to everyone we met traveling. Be safe getting to your final destination and future travels.
I know, most of you are probably asking, why would you ever take the bus?! Well we wanted to see the other side of America that isn’t often seen. Also when you fly you lose the reference of how big and diverse this country is. In both a scenery and a social sense. We also thought of why a lot of people take the bus, if flying is almost as cheap and exponentially faster. We came to the conclusion that if you live in a rural area and there is no major airport within a few hours and you are going to a place that is also far from an airport, there is really no other way to go.
We are now on Kickstarter!!!
I am exited to announce that we just launched a Kickstarter fund raising campaign. Only with your help will it be possible to make this documentary.
Please visit the site below and help in any way you can.
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Is It Time To Replace The American Dream?
When I went to check the news this morning on The Huffington Post I found this article by Jeremy Rifkin titled “‘Empathic Civilization’: Is It Time To Replace The American Dream?”. It is a very interesting article directly relating to some of the themes I would like to feature in “One American Dream?”.
“Although American history is peppered with lamentations about the souring of the dream, the criticism never extends to the assumptions that underlie the dream, but only to political, economic and social forces that thwart its realization. To suggest that the dream itself is misguided, outdated, and even damaging to the American psyche, would be considered almost treasonous. Yet, I would like to suggest just that.”
While doing my research for the documentary, I’m trying to keep as open minded as possible and listen to every different opinion of the American Dream that I can. This article, I think, is an excellent take on what the American Dream means and is doing to our nation. The idea of that the past American Dream has changed and no longer feasible in today’s society is a general idea that i have encountered while talking to members of our generation (Generation Y specifically, but it is also in the minds of Gen Xers).
