
In 1792, John Evans, a farmhand from Snowdonia travelled to America to discover whether there was a Welsh-speaking Native American tribe walking the Great Plains. Over 200 years later, distant relative Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) retraces the explorer's route through the continent by means of an investigative concert tour. A unique project that blurs the boundaries of music, literature and film and investigates what really happened in the heart of the new world.... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1792, John Evans, a farmhand from Snowdonia travelled to America to discover whether there was a Welsh-speaking Native American tribe walking the Great Plains. Over 200 years later, distant relative Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) retraces the explorer's route through the continent by means of an investigative concert tour. A unique project that blurs the boundaries of music, literature and film and investigates what really happened in the heart of the new world.
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| The SkinnyD.W. MaultAt once touching, informative and ultimately beautiful. |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsThere are maps, cartoons, lantern slides. It's high entertainment, like Mark Twain gone multimedia. |
| Little White LiesDavid JenkinsYes, it's an amusing and sometimes flippant work, but Rhys' ultimate sincerity is never in question. |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabRhys is a droll raconteur who sees the absurdity both in his own quest and that of John Evans before him. |
| Radio TimesDavid ParkinsonRhys contrasts the fate of spoken Welsh with such dying First American languages as Mandan, and, more soberingly, learns much about the connection between heroic exploration and colonial subjugation. |
| Total FilmSimon KinnearIt's impossible not to warm to Gruff's passion for uncharted corners of Welsh culture. |
| GuardianMike McCahillMore evidence of Rhys's status as among the daftest, most engaging performers out there. |
| User ReviewAmanda CA whimsical exploration of myth and language as director Gruff Rhys retraces the steps of his ancestor to map the American interior. Accompanied by a puppet of John Carter on his failed quest to find Welsh Indians, the film is punctuated by songs and quirky graphics mapping the quest. Rhys has done a fantastic job of turning a story of preserving culture, the discussion of which is both supremely important and usually quite dry, into a fantastical, fun musical journey. |
| User ReviewChristopher HSweet, well made journey and quest to explore John Evans the 18th century Welsh Explorer by gruff Rhys. Funny, personal and beautiful. |
| User ReviewLouise DGanador del Festival In-Edit de Barcelona, Ameircan Interior es un documentla protagoniza por Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals), quien decide emprender un viaje investigación hacia el interior de Estados Unidos con la idea de reconstruir la historia que hace 200 años escribió su familiar John Evans. Muy interesante, en especial por el humor de Rhys. Recomendable. |