Older Than America

Older Than America is 2008 American suspense drama film directed by Georgina Lightning and starring Adam Beach, Georgina Lightning and Bradley Cooper. The film explores and highlights the impact of the “culture-killing” effects of the typical Native American experience in boarding schools in the 1900s and other inter-social relationships between the Native American people and the dominant European based American culture.

Filming took place in late 2006 on or around the Fond du Lac Reservation and Cloquet, Minnesota.

The official world premiere for Older than America took place at the 2008 SXSW Festival in the narrative feature competition.. The film screened at other festivals including the Women with Vision Festival in March 2008, Talking Stick Film Festival in June 2008 and Lake Arrowhead Film Festival in April 2009.

The film had a VOD release through IFC Films on March 17, 2010. The film was released in DVD format on October 12, 2010. The film will be released on DVD and Blu-ray disc by Metrodome in the United Kingdom under the title American Evil on March 5 2012, for which the cover art and starring credit highlights Bradley Cooper’s role in the film.

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