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Feb 4, 2021 · Check out Linda May’s trailer she calls THE SQUEEZE INN, a 1974 Hunter Compact II Trailer. Use #SeeYouDownTheRoad to share the story behind your van or trailer. #NMDLND
Feb 25, 2021 · In Chloe Zhao ’s Nomadland, Linda May plays herself, a nomadic grandma living out of her vehicle who dreams of building an Earthship where she can settle down. She’s one of several transient ...
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Feb 25, 2021 · Linda May, who befriends the lonely, widowed Fern in the film and shows her the ropes of “workamping,” has seen the nomadic community expand dramatically since she first found herself living ...
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In 2014, Bruder wrote a cover story for Harper’s Magazine, “The End of Retirement,” which detailed the plight of older Americans who couldn’t afford to retire and worked temporary jobs for companies like Amazon. She built off that reporting and three years later published Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. The book is centere...
While Bruder did not write the film adaptation, she helped supply research to Zhao. She tells TIME that she had primary source material that wasn’t used in the book, and she was able to introduce Zhao to some of the nomads she met while she was writing it. She remembers when Zhao asked her about what she thought of Linda May for the movie. “I didn’...
In a recent interview with The Guardian, Bob Wells discussed the community of modern nomads, and why people are increasingly drawn to the movement. “If the Great Recession was a crack in the system, Covid and climate change will be the chasm,” he said. This lifestyle is not to be confused with “#vanlife”—a hashtag that populates Instagram feeds and...
While she hopes that the movie’s relevance will be long-lasting, Bruder finds it particularly timely right now, for two reasons. One is the escapist nature of the cinematography, which offers a journey around the U.S. for viewers who have not been able to travel for nearly a year. The other is the emotional journey of Fern’s character, which may be...
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Mar 1, 2021 · Congratulations to Nomadland, starring Frances McDormand, David Strathairn & Linda May, on winning best motion picture - drama at this years Golden Globe...
Apr 20, 2021 · Nomadland is a modern Grapes of Wrath, depicting the dystopian economic dispossession of an aging population for whom retirement is an out-of-reach dream. Bruder's book centers on Linda May,...
