Saturday 2 May 2009

Hoopeston, Illinois

...WELCOME to RealityTV, re-branding REALITY before your very TVEYES...

...this is part one of a marvellous and surprising documentary on a small town, anywheresville, tune back soon for part 2...

Hoopeston - Part 1: "Decline" from Synydyne on Vimeo.
Hoopeston is a city in Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Danville, Illinois, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,965 at the 2000 census.

Hoopeston will play in the Bradford International Film Festival as part of its Uncharted States of America program. The screening is on March 18 in Bradford, UK. Get a ticket here.


“Hoopeston is a sharp-eyed and ironic portrait.”
IFC Film News

“Part poignant portrait of heartland America,
part real-life Christopher Guest on toad's milk.”

NYUFF

“The locals’ differing reactions to the Wiccans in their midst are chronicled in this absorbing, visually-striking cinematic journey.”
BIFF

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