Woroni Edition 3 2021

Page 32

30.

ARTWORK: Navita Wijeratne

Nomadland: An American Elegy By Joshua Khoury

Chloe Zhao’s Oscar-winning third feature, Nomadland, is the story of a sixty-year-old widower, Fern (Frances McDormand), whose town falls victim to the GFC and is forced to close down. She is forced out, rendered not homeless, but “houseless”, as she says. She begins living in an RV, and meets and befriends other nomads for whom conventional society was unviable.


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.