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‘Nomadland’ finds people on the margins | movie review

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Karl Delossantos
Sep 28, 2020
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Nomadland follows a widow as she tours the west living out of her van with just her fellow nomads for help, company, and strength

Quick cut: Chloé Zhao makes Nomadland‘s melancholic but hopeful story of nomads traversing the American West a stunningly complex character study of life on the margins of society.

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