The Illinois Parables

Name: The Illinois Parables
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: November 16, 2016
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 73

2016

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| Release Date: November 16, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: An experimental documentary comprised of regional vignettes about faith, force, technology and exodus. Eleven parables relay histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, violence, messianism and resistance, all occurring somewhere in the state of Illinois. The state is a convenient structural ruse, allowing its histories toAn experimental documentary comprised of regional vignettes about faith, force, technology and exodus. Eleven parables relay histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, violence, messianism and resistance, all occurring somewhere in the state of Illinois. The state is a convenient structural ruse, allowing its histories to become allegories that explore how we’re shaped by conviction and ideology. The Parables consider what might constitute a liturgical form. Not a sermon, but a form that questions what morality catalyzes, and what belief might teach us about nationhood. In our desire to explain the unknown, who or what do we end up blaming or endorsing? … Expand

Director: Deborah Stratman

Genre(s): History, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 60 min

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A.O. Scott

Nov 16, 2016

The Illinois Parables is not, strictly speaking, an educational film, but it conveys a unique and precious kind of knowledge. Read full review

Carson Lund

Nov 14, 2016

Even more diverse than the film's historical material is its eccentric mash-up of styles and approaches. Read full review

Melissa Anderson

Nov 17, 2016

Stratman often juxtaposes static, serene landscape footage with an increasingly agitated soundtrack, arriving at an odd consonance amid so much dissonance. Read full review

The Film Stage Daniel Schindel

Nov 14, 2016

The documentary’s vision of history as tied to spaces is more difficult to dismiss than its apparent weaknesses would suggest. Read full review

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