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The Illinois Parables (2016)

From dreamy aerial opening shots, we are sent on an expedition through the storied land of our fifth most populous state, Illinois, often called a miniature version of America. Deborah Stratman's experimental documentary explores how physical landscapes and human politics can each re-interpret historical events. Eleven parables relay histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, violence, messianism, and resistance. Who gets to write history—physical monuments, official news accounts, or personal spoken-word memories?

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Nora Lee Mandel 14 Jul 2017

Thematically linked experimental documentary "suite" uses strong resonant images, with some re-enactments, to show how the land and prairie landscape don't forget the past.

J. R. Jones 26 Apr 2017

This accomplished essay film may focus on our state, but Stratman's real concern is state power in the larger sense...Connecting all this are sweeping aerial shots that capture the beauty of the plains without obscuring the blood spilled to claim them.

Melissa Anderson 17 Nov 2016

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

Carson Lund 14 Nov 2016

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

A.O. Scott 16 Nov 2016

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