Profit motive and the whispering wind

(2007, 58 minutes, 16mm, color, USA)
Directed by John Gianvito
Inspired by A Peoples' History of the United States, by Howard Zinn

An extraordinary meditation on the nature of democratic progress in the United States, John Gianvito's one-of-a-kind documentary journeys from the gravesites to the public markers that document the people and incidents that make up over 400 years of struggle against economic oppression. Mesmerisingly shot and edited with a dramatically mounting pace, 'Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind' is both a fascinating history lesson and a jolting rumination on how far we've come and how far we still have to go.

DVD release April 2009.

AWARDS:

Athens International Film and Video Festival, Ohio, USA 2008
3rd place- Documentary Film Award

Documentary - Feature Length
John Gianvito
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2008
Won- Human Rights Award
John Gianvito
Won- Special Mention

International Competition
John Gianvito
Entrevues Film Festival 2007 Won- Grand Prix

Feature Documentary
John Gianvito
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 2008

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