Free Land
Director Minda Martin
Countries United States
Duration 64 min
Synopsis
In "Free Land," filmmaker Minda Martin examines her family's history of homelessness and displacement within a national and historical context. Pairing her personal archives with public record, Martin illustrates the social and psychological impact of constantly looking for opportunity in America. Free Land provides a fresh and incisive critique of the unfulfilled promise of ‘The Land Of The Free’ by exposing the lies that have held the myth together and the country's long legacy of social inequality.
In "Free Land," filmmaker Minda Martin examines her family's history of homelessness and displacement within a national and historical context. Pairing her personal archives with public record, Martin illustrates the social and psychological impact of constantly looking for opportunity in America. Free Land provides a fresh and incisive critique of the unfulfilled promise of ‘The Land Of The Free’ by exposing the lies that have held the myth together and the country's long legacy of social inequality.