The Illinois Parables

A film by Deborah Stratman

  • 2016
  • 1 hr (approx.)
  • 16mm
Still from The Illinois Parables to come.

Eleven episodes from Illinois history, among them the mound builders of Cahokia, a utopian commune and the path of a tornado. Each is told with reenactment, archive film or intertitles, and long, steady shots of the place where it happened.

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On disc for home viewing, or rented to cinemas, schools and film societies.

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