After a long wait here is the first teaser trailer for “One American Dream?”. I hope you enjoy it!
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Our All American Dream
Steven contacted me last week to show me his new blog Our All American Dream. He found himself unemployed and looking for a shared sense of community, connection, and experiences with his fellow unemployed brethren. Here is a small quote from him relating to the the American Dream-
“The indignation over “My American Dream” is beginning to fade. The dream of my grandparents and parents. The dream that said if you worked hard, did well you would get ahead. The dream that said if you saved you would be able afford a home, provide for your family. The anger over that dream is all but gone. There is nothing to replace that dream, it is just simply gone. I no longer know if that is a good or a bad thing anymore. I guess it is just one of those things you begin to notice as life runs its course.”
Please check out his blog for more info about him and his experiences.
Thanksgiving
This week the majority of us are preparing to stuff our faces with turkey, stuffing and pie and this makes me think about the American Dream. What Thanksgiving has turned into, or always has been depending on your reading of history, is the epitome of what the American Dream stands for.
The history of Thanksgiving, the one we were all told in school, is that when the Pilgrims arrived they had a lot of trouble adapting to the New World. Luckily there were some merry Native Americans here to help them farm the land, hunt native game and over all be cool neighbors. Then at the end of the harvest season the Pilgrims and their new homies gathered around the table and had a little party to be thankful for all that they were shown and given.
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Amorphous not Vacuous
I met Matt on the National Mall after the Rally to Restore Sanity on Oct 30 and I feel that he deserves his own post.
First how we met him. As Randy (another filmmaker and great friend who was helping me since Keith still lives in SF) were interviewing another group we noticed a group of young adults with letters on their shirts, the combination of the ones we could see were starting to spell out two very familiar words. When I approached them and asked what they were spelling, Matt told me “the American Dream”. Now that’s something we have to get on tape.
Nomadic Dreams
We met Joseph, Megan, and Bones in Kansas City, MO where they were taking a break from their travels. They were three very interesting people with a cool take on life. While some people wont agree with their lifestyle, they are living their dream.
Three American Dreams from New Orleans
Now that I am finally settled, or mostly, in New York production is being ramped up. I will be posting more and more short clips from the people we talked to along our journey in June and people we talk to going forward. Production is starting back up, more info to come later. Until then, here are three clips of people we talked to in New Orleans- Jonathan, Dustin and Shaun.
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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 6
Sorry for the delay on the final update, we have been quite busy. The last update I wrote on our way to LA for some filming down there. It was a great success and we shot some awesome footage.
The day we drove down we ended up in La Verne, CA to stay with Keith’s grandparents. It was great to be in a home environment for the first night in a long time. We went out to dinner and the local pizza shop, Warehouse Pizza, which was quite good. While reading the LA Times that evening i came upon lead for a story (yes I’m dorking out on being a journalist instead of just a filmmaker).
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Suburbs lose young whites to cities
Yesterday the AP published an article titled White flight? Suburbs lose young whites to cities by Hope Yen. While the article doesn’t make any conclusions it brings up an interesting idea.
“A new image of urban America is in the making,” said William H. Frey, a demographer at Brookings who co-wrote the report. “What used to be white flight to the suburbs is turning into ‘bright flight’ to cities that have become magnets for aspiring young adults who see access to knowledge-based jobs, public transportation and a new city ambiance as an attraction.”
David Brooks on why America will be fine
I was sent this NY Times article by David Brooks titled “Relax, we’ll be fine”, by a friend and it got me thinking about my research and the future. Here is a quick taste from the article-
“This column is a great luscious orgy of optimism. Because the fact is, despite all the problems, America’s future is exceedingly bright.
Over the next 40 years, demographers estimate that the U.S. population will surge by an additional 100 million people, to 400 million over all. The population will be enterprising and relatively young. In 2050, only a quarter will be over 60, compared with 31 percent in China and 41 percent in Japan.”
This article along with my research has gotten me thinking about the future of American and why it is important to make this movie.
While bouncing some ideas for the documentary to a friend, he came up with the phrase “We are the future. But who are we?” (Thanks AC!!). This I think is a perfect phrase that sums up “One American Dream?”. We, Generation Y/ the Millennials, are the future of America. We are going to be in charge one day, like it or not. But who are we as a generation and what to we care about (ie what is our American Dream)?
