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Nomadland BluRay [videorecording].

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Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: 13792775Publication details: [United States] : Searchlight Pictures, 2021.Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s):

Drama

Genre/Form:

Drama.

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Director, Chloe Zhao.

Cast: Frances Mcdormand, David Strathairn.Summary: Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern packs her van and sets off on the road, exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, it features real nomads Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells as Fern's mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.Review: "Fern and McDormand are... a window into a painful corner of America that is all too easy to look away from. Good for Zhao for pointing her camera directly at it."--New York PostReview: "Life on the road has never been so tenderly captured, politically alive and profoundly moving."--Empire MagazineReview: "Watching 'Nomadland' feels like gazing out on one long, gorgeous sunset. If that's not your thing, so be it, but for those on Zhao's wavelength, the movie is a marvel of empathy and introspection."--Variety

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
MOVIE	Meaford Public Library Movie	Non-fiction	BluRay Nomad (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		21142

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Release date: 06/08/2021

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Director, Chloe Zhao.

Frances Mcdormand, David Strathairn.

Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern packs her van and sets off on the road, exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, it features real nomads Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells as Fern's mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.

"Fern and McDormand are... a window into a painful corner of America that is all too easy to look away from. Good for Zhao for pointing her camera directly at it."--New York Post

"Life on the road has never been so tenderly captured, politically alive and profoundly moving."--Empire Magazine

"Watching 'Nomadland' feels like gazing out on one long, gorgeous sunset. If that's not your thing, so be it, but for those on Zhao's wavelength, the movie is a marvel of empathy and introspection."--Variety