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Director
Ruth Beckermann
Producer
Ruth Beckermann
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Ruth Beckermann Filmproduction
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Antoine Parouty ...
Editor
Dieter Pichler
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American Passages

Austria, 2011, 120 min, 35 mm, Arts and Culture, Personal View, Social Issues, Society

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Initially, there's that moment of happiness: an African-American celebrating in Harlem cheers "We're free!" as if Barack Obama's victory meant the ultimate end of slavery. American Passages is an associative journey through the United States: a disillusioned Iraq veteran, gay adoptive fathers, black judges, white party animals and a pimp at a casino table in Las Vegas. The extreme contrasts of black and white, rich and poor, winners and losers are often as surprising as the meaning of the constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness in these times of crisis. An epic panorama of America.

Director:

Ruth Beckermann

Producer:

Ruth Beckermann

Director of photography:

Antoine Parouty, Lisa Rinzler

Screenplay:

Ruth Beckermann

Editor:

Dieter Pichler

Music:

Waitstill Baxter