Anywhere U.S.A.

Anywhere U.S.A. describes itself as an autobiography in three parts about a man who thinks his wife is cheating on him with a terrorist, based solely on the discovery of a pistachio in the couch of their trailer home, a little girl who accidentally eats an entire pan of pot brownies and begins to suspect the tooth fairy is a sham, and a wealthy white man who realizes during dinner one night he doesn’t know any black people, and so begins a family adventure to befriend some African-Americans. First-time director Chusy Haney-Jardine made this movie on a shoe-string, directing a cast of non-actors and using his family and friends as crew. The clandestine quality of the film is what makes it so remarkable: it is intuitive, whimsical, and brave, frequently slipping into a dreamworld while remaining hysterically funny throughout. I’m really not sure what is says about America, but the style of filmmaking is a real breath of fresh air in the independent film circuit. It never got theatrical distribution so you may have to do some work to see this one, but despite its unconventional structure, Anywhere U.S.A. is rewarding and extremely watchable.
Director: Chusy Haney-Jardine
Writer: Chusy Haney-Jardine, Jennifer McDonald