Zona árida / Pessoa Produçoes ; direção e argumento, Fernanda Pessoa ; produção, Antonio Gonçalves Junior, Fernanda Pessoa.

How is it to be a foreigner in United States' most conservative city? In 2001, Brazilian director Fernanda Pessoa was 15 years old and experienced being a foreign exchange student for one year in Mesa, Arizona, considered USA's most conservative city. 15 years later - and two months before Donald Tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Zona árida (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Pessoa Produções (Firm) (Production company)
Utopic Documentaries (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Pessoa, Fernanda (Narrator, Film director)
Language:Portuguese
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and Portuguese; with subtitles in English for Portuguese dialogs.
Published: São Paulo : Pessoa Produções, 2019.
Subjects:
Brazilian students > Arizona > Mesa.
Students, Foreign > Arizona > Mesa.
Conservatism > Arizona > Mesa.
Mesa (Ariz.) > Social life and customs.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Internet videos.
Streaming video.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Internet videos.
Streaming video.
Online Access:
Connect to: Digitalia Film Library (streaming video) - MSU authorized users
Connect to: Film poster - MSU authorized users
Physical Description:1 streaming video file (1 video file (76 min.)) : sound, color.
Variant Title:
Arid zone
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
How is it to be a foreigner in United States' most conservative city? In 2001, Brazilian director Fernanda Pessoa was 15 years old and experienced being a foreign exchange student for one year in Mesa, Arizona, considered USA's most conservative city. 15 years later - and two months before Donald Trump's election - she's back to try to understand her experience there and the conservative ideas regarding topics like the Mexican border, the cowboy lifestyle, religiosity and patriotism.-- Digitalia Film Library website
Awards:Honorable Mention at Leipzig DOK Festival 2019.
Credits:Cinematographer, Rodrigo Levy ; music, Pedro Santiago.
Participant or Performer:
Narrator: Fernanda Pessoa.
Source of Description:
Online resource; title from opening/closing credits (Digitalia Film Library, viewed January 28, 2021)