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PROJECT OVERVIEW

Everything that is seen or heard on the screen is intentionally crafted to evoke a feeling, sensation or tone. The clarity of certain visuals and the crispness of certain sounds are deliberately contrasted with blurred images or pops, crackles, hisses and barely audible sounds. The structure is non-linear and cyclical. Motifs recur as time runs both clockwise and counterclockwise. Expectations regarding "plot" and character” are broken signaling a non-traditional use of film to tell a story that is both contemporary and as old as humanity.

“USA The Movie is emotionally intense, intellectually intriguing and profoundly disturbing, in surprising and unconventional ways.” Dion Dennis, PhD

From The Back of the Box:

USA The Movie is an independent landmark, a fictional drive through reality, a prophetic journey into the future of humanity.

One of the main elements is Kirk, a comfortable “All American” traveler who awakens from blissful ignorance into painful awareness of the world. He grows increasingly confused and destructive, fulfilling his destiny as the instrument of ultimate extinction. Real scenes of his physical and emotional breakdown, which were captured during filming, act as a thread between fiction and reality.

USA The Movie is a journey inside the essence of a Superpower; a country that shocks the world with its might, bringing out envy, anger and hatred in the hearts of other nations. The film deliberately utilizes the feel of sweeping epic, independent drama, historic newsreel and gritty verite’ to tell the story.

Evocative visuals, masterful sound, and poetry create a sublime sense of simplicity. Unique and diverse speeches that catalyzed the destruction of nations, provoked the assassination of their speakers, expressed the deep sorrow of leaders, and manipulated the emotions of the people, are woven within the story.

This is not only a handcrafted work, but also a voice to be heard that could only rise through the spirit.

CHAPTERS:

WAR OVERTURE
BLISSFUL IGNORANCE
GOD IS NOT OF COLORS
OLD WHITE DREADY DUDE
SHACKLES OF THE PAST
ECHOES – 911
2001: NEW YORK CITY
THE CYCLE
A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS
LAND OF THE LOST
RISING FROM THE SHOCK IN AWE
I’M THE WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
JIM AT THE END OF THE WORLD
BEYOND FICTION: THE PAINFUL REALITY

FEATURING MEMORABLE EXPPRESSIONS BY:

GEORGE W. BUSH
MAULANA KARENGA
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
BOBBY KENNEDY
MARTIN SHEEN
GORE VIDAL
ELIE WIESEL
HOWARD ZINN

POETS AND POETRY:
SAM HAMILL “Sheepherder Coffee”
RUTH STONE “ Be Serious”
RABINDRINATH TAGORE “ My Country Awake” recited by MARTIN SHEEN
WILFRED OWEN “DULCE ET DECORUM EST” read by JON STALLWORTHY

REPORTERS:
VERNA AVERY BROWN
AMY GOODMAN

SPOKEN WORD:
JELLO BIAFRA

AND MORE…