{"id":20682,"date":"2020-07-24T15:45:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T22:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/?post_type=films&#038;p=20682"},"modified":"2025-01-14T11:19:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T19:19:47","slug":"a-day-in-the-life-of-america","status":"publish","type":"films","link":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/a-day-in-the-life-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day in the Life of America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director Jared Leto crafts a sweeping yet intimate cross-section of America shot on a single July 4th in 2017 with 92 film crews fanning out across each of the United States and Puerto Rico to capture <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Day in the Life of America<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A gargantuan production shot over a single 24 hour period across the country, the film weaves a wide <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">range of beliefs and backgrounds<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rich tapestry of life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black Louisianans talk about historic inequities that greeted soldiers returning to their homes after World War II, while a transgender woman recounts her coming out to her Hasidic Jewish community. A First Nations ceremony takes place in South Dakota while a Muslim girl in Minnesota trains at a boxing gym. A blunt young woman reflects on the opioid epidemic&#8217;s repercussions in West Virginia while, eerily, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">preparations are made for the hateful and ultimately murderous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia a month later. One man in Chicago describes the versions of the United States he witnesses: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne that\u2019s great and beautiful and idealistic. And there\u2019s an America that doesn\u2019t quite mesh up with the ideals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contrasting the myths and ideals of America with the harsh reality for most people, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Day in the Life of America <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a deep and unflinching look <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at a country on the verge of upheaval.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director Jared Leto crafts a sweeping yet intimate cross-section of America shot on a single July 4th in 2017 with 92 film crews fanning out across each of the United States and Puerto Rico to capture A Day in the Life of America. 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