Channel: Film Herald

Category: Film & Animation

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Description: In this installment of Films Explained, I explore the elusive narrative and symbolism in Andrea Arnold's American Honey (2016). References: Ian Urbina's 2007 article "For youths, a grim tour on magazine crews" nytimes.com/2007/02/21/us/21magcrew.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 CBC News' article "Economic Ladder no harder to climb today, US report finds" cbc.ca/news/business/economic-ladder-no-harder-to-climb-today-u-s-report-finds-1.2508409 National Consumers Leagues' 2009 article "Travelling sales crews: The perils of life on the road" nclnet.org/traveling_sales_crews_the_perils_of_life_on_the_road Darlena Cunha's 2015 article "Trapped into selling magazines door-to-door" theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/04/trapped-into-selling-magazines-door-to-door/388601 Jack Smith IV's 2016 article "''American Honey'" is about love vs. capitalism, and how class trauma destroys self-worth" mic.com/articles/157030/american-honey-is-about-love-vs-capitalism-and-how-class-trauma-destroys-self-worth#.F1gK820j1 Jessie Gumbarge's 2016 article "What does the ending of American Honey really mean?" jarviscity.com/2016/10/30/american-honey-ending-explained