In an increasingly unequal and materialist society, a new type of community has emerged: that of the modern-day, van-dwelling nomad, roaming the American West.įern, solemnly played by Frances McDormand in a career-best performance, is one such nomad. This excerpt speaks to the idea that most things, even and especially people’s lives, have been reduced to mere commodities in modern America. “The last free place in America is a parking spot,” writes Jessica Bruder in Nomadland: Surviving America in the 21st Century, the book upon which Chloé Zhao’s stunning film Nomadland is based.
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