The American Condition
What is The American Condition?
The American Condition is a feature documentary film to be directed by Tristan Bleak and shot this upcoming summer across the United States of America. This documentary will aim to capture as broad a view of the USA and Americans as possible, exploring the current country and how the American people view it.
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With the recent rise in political turmoil across the States, and the upcoming 250th Anniversary of the United States of America on the 4th of July we feel that this is both an incredibly important, and historical period of the USA which we would like to capture and present back to the people. This includes exploring American culture, landscapes, and gathering viewpoints on the current administration and its actions.
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We believe we are the right people to tell this story as Tristan is both an American who spent much of his life away from his home nation. He spent much of his life believing in the American dream, and the qualities of the American government and in recent years has watched saddened as his country has become divided on itself so viciously. Thus his dream with this film is to uncover the things that connect all Americans and unites them, rather than divides, whilst exploring the current aspects which separates them.
Feasibility
To achieve our vision we are planning to shoot across as much of the United States of America as possible. This is important to us as we do not want an isolated viewpoint such as a coastal one, or a southern one, but rather to express viewpoints from all across America and capture culture from all across the USA to show the American spirit.
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To achieve this we estimate that we will need several thousand dollars in order to travel around the states and film with adequate equipment. To facilitate this we will be doing fundraisers in our local areas and have launched a GoFundMe to support the film with crowd raised funds. We understand it is a lot to ask to invest in people you do not know, but we are determined to make this film a reality with whatever budget we have, and as we do not have the financial capabilities currently to support this project entirely ourselves we humbly ask to consider donating and supporting the film. Thank you for any donation you are able to make whether it is small or large, or simply for sharing our website to increase the pool of potential donors to make this film a reality.
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