THE AMERICAN FRONTIER looks at Hollywood’s depiction of the Old West. With archival footage and scholarly interviews, the film examines the influence of Westerns and how it impacts society through its portrayals of Indigenous people, gun culture, and the idolization of cowboys.

The American Frontier

THE AMERICAN FRONTIER looks at Hollywood’s depiction of the Old West. With archival footage and scholarly interviews, the film examines the influence of Westerns and how it impacts society through its portrayals of Indigenous people, gun culture, and the idolization of cowboys.

Adolf Haeberli has not been tidying up since his mother’s death. He likes order but his case of fraud is more important: Every day he writes countless letters on his typewriter among mountains of newsprint. It is all about his damaged house in posh St. Moritz.

Haeberli

Adolf Haeberli has not been tidying up since his mother’s death. He likes order but his case of fraud is more important: Every day he writes countless letters on his typewriter among mountains of newsprint. It is all about his damaged house in posh St. Moritz.

Madonna has been the subject of a decades-long controversy in her birthplace, Bay City, Michigan. As the rust belt town’s fortunes declined, interest grew in using her fame for municipal gain. But with a shrinking population and cash-strapped government, is it too late to do anything about it?

Smelly Little Town

Madonna has been the subject of a decades-long controversy in her birthplace, Bay City, Michigan. As the rust belt town’s fortunes declined, interest grew in using her fame for municipal gain. But with a shrinking population and cash-strapped government, is it too late to do anything about it?

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