How long is American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2023)?

American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2023) is 1 hr 42 min long.

American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2023)

Name: American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2023)
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2023-09-08
Duration: 102

NR 1 hr 42 min

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Following the rise and fall of Orson Welles, while interweaving stories of diverse individuals amidst the backdrop of the Great Depression, World War II, and the dropping of the atomic bomb, director’ Danny Wu’s AMERICAN : AN ODYSSEY TO 1947 sheds light on the defining moments that shaped the destinies of the subjects, and the nation's collective consciousness. In the early 1940s, director Orson Welles navigates his meteoric Hollywood rise. As WWII begins, a Japanese American boy visits abroad, and an African American soldier enlists in the army. As the story heads towards 1947, each character follows their own ambitions in search of their American identity. The tone of the film is split into two halves, with the first half being about the romantic rise of a great American director, and the second half transitioning into the realities of race and life in the Jim Crow era. In the end, as one American returns home, another American is forced into exile.

GENRE: Documentary
RELEASE DATE: Friday, Sep 8, 2023
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How long is American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2023)?: American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2023) is 1 hr 42 min long.

Who directed American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2023)?: Danny Wu

What is American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2023) about?: Following the rise and fall of Orson Welles, while interweaving stories of diverse individuals amidst the backdrop of the Great Depression, World War II, and the dropping of the atomic bomb, director’ Danny Wu’s AMERICAN : AN ODYSSEY TO 1947 sheds light on the defining moments that shaped the destinies of the subjects, and the nation's collective consciousness. In the early 1940s, director Orson Welles navigates his meteoric Hollywood rise. As WWII begins, a Japanese American boy visits abroad, and an African American soldier enlists in the army. As the story heads towards 1947, each character follows their own ambitions in search of their American identity. The tone of the film is split into two halves, with the first half being about the romantic rise of a great American director, and the second half transitioning into the realities of race and life in the Jim Crow era. In the end, as one American returns home, another American is forced into exile.