Happy Birthday Happy American
Identifier
D.2012-08-0061
Date Of Production
2024
Abstract
A work created for the 2024 CFA Media Mixer: Homemade by filmmaker Henry Hanson and musician Fire-Toolz, working with films from CFA's Lieb-Hootnick Family Collection.
Description
Description provided by the artists:
In the 1930s, a penniless Jewish doctor immigrates to the US from Poland. He assimilates into whiteness and achieves the American Dream: a career, a house, a wife, and a beautiful daughter — born on the Fourth of July. 50 years of home movies shot across three generations of his family are assembled by Fire-Toolz and Henry Hanson.
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Dimensions
1920 px
x 1080 px
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