American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2022)
1h 42m
Running Time
October 20, 2022Release Date
American: An Odyssey to 1947 (2022)
1h 42m
Running Time
October 20, 2022Release Date

Plot.
In the early 1930s, Orson Welles ascends to unprecedented stardom while President Franklin Delano Roosevelt navigates a nation in crisis. As WWII begins, an American boy visits abroad, and an American soldier enlists in the army.
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Cast & Crew.

Orson Welles
Self (archive footage)

Simon Callow
Self

Richard France
Self

Catherine L. Benamou
Self

John Houseman
Self (archive footage)

Danny Wu
Director / Script / Cinematography / Editor / Producer

Justin Aucoin
Sound

Sean William
Music

Shania Kumar
Producer

Satsuki Ina
Self

Laura Williams
Executive Producer

Josephine Zohny
Executive Producer

Jessica Wu
Executive Producer

Sean William
Composer
Details.
Wiki.
American: An Odyssey to 1947 is a 2022 Canadian documentary film written, directed, edited, and produced by Danny Wu. The film is a compilation of stories on different Americans, most notably Orson Welles, and Franklin Roosevelt leading to the year 1947. The film premiered at the 2022 Newport Beach Film festival, followed by internationally at the 2023 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. It was named one of film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum's best films of 2022.