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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Maven's Nest (67) on 14 Jul 2017

Thematically linked experimental documentary suite uses strong resonant images, with some re-enactments, to show how the land and prairie landscape…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 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…

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By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Nov 2016

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

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 16 Nov 2016

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

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By Carson Lund (88) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 14 Nov 2016

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

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By Daniel Schindel (90) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 14 Nov 2016

The documentary’s vision of history as tied to spaces is more difficult to dismiss than its apparent weaknesses would suggest…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 11 Apr 2016

It's rich with imaginative, suggestive raptures and ecstatic banalities (damp country roads, buildings ablaze, tornados, lazy waterways, snow-choked…

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The Illinois Parables (2016) achieved an average score of 71% and has generally received positive reviews.

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