Dear Comrade
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Schutzman, Mady, director.
- Language
- English.
- Published
- United States, 2013.
- Physical Description
- DVD-ROM (55 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00004807
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- Dear Comrade documents a collective enterprise through a tour of the California ruins, archival photos, recollections of local historians and residents, voices of former colonists and scholars of California history. However, the primary focus of the film resides not so much in the past as in the musings, questions, courage, frustrations, fantasies, and labors of many before and those who, after Llano, have assumed comparable struggles. In order to bring Llano to life, the filmmaker stages surreal re-enactments of cooperative efforts performed by reunited members of a 1970s collective, re-constructs the plot of an 1888 science fiction "utopian" novel that inspired Llano founders, casts a Borscht Belt communitarian (and comedian) as a former colonist, and introduces a timeless nomad who roams through the universes of the film as a displaced but hopeful narrator. Through the intersection of stories, a seemingly traditional documentary film morphs into a montage of parallel universes, sci fi literature, historical re-enactments, clownery, political commentary, and a palpable desire -- failings and disappointments notwithstanding -- to give idealism and cooperation another try.
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Note
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
- Library Special Collection
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD-ROM | OSA Film Library | FL Record 3169 | Available | - | - |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 3169 (HU_OSA_00004807.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |