Puerto Rico

The United States of America, a film by James Benning

A sense of place

Bianca-Olivia Nita / March 11, 2022

UNITED STATES: A portrait of today’s USA through immaculately composed shots of landscape, cityscape and the spaces in between.

Berlinale, California, Cinéma du réel, colorado, Delaware, Doclisboa, Florida, Hawaii, IDFA, James Benning, Louisiana, meditation, Minnesota, Mississippi;, Native Americans, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, poetry, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, The United States of America, United States, Utah

Affiliated With” RFN and GFN.

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