(American Road)

Content: This documentary explores the artistic, musical and literary resonances of the mystique of the road - and especially of going off the beaten track - in American lore. The Westward expansion, the Dust Bowl era, hobos, post-war suburbanization and the Beat critique of it; hitchhiking, the upheavals of the 1960s and early 1970s and the current generation of backpackers clutching their Lonely Planet and Rough Guides. American Road ultimately probes the meaning of what it is to be an American, not just a wayfarer.—anonymous

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

108 minutes

Year:

2013

Production companies:

Cold Chicago Productions

Actors:

Jack Kerouac

Walt Whitman

Crews:

Writer

Co-Producer

Camera Operator

Music

Camera Operator