![]() ![]() His real-life, yearly event The Rubber Tramp Rendezvous becomes a centre for Zhao’s film – a place where nomads can gather, trade, socialise, and establish a culture that values freedom above all, even in the midst of great sacrifice and loss. Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century is a 2017 nonfiction book by American journalist Jessica Bruder about the phenomenon of older Americans who, following the Great Recession from 2007 to 2009. ![]() And, as Bob Wells preaches, it remains the greatest resistance against “the tyranny of the dollar”. And so Nomadland draws attention to how widespread this kind of economic instability is, in the US or abroad, and how so many are one unlucky day away from Fern’s reality.īut Zhao, in her acceptance speech for Best Director, picked out a phrase from the Chinese text the Three Character Classic: “People, at birth, are inherently good.” Nomadland’s own fragile, humanist beauty lies in her steadfast belief that community can be a balm for all ills. The comfortable familiarity of McDormand, coupled with a performance that feels both grounded and highly specific, is bound to remind audiences of someone they know – a neighbour, a relative, a friend, or anyone who carries an outward concern for others but refuses to share their own vulnerabilities. ![]()
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