Fool's Gold

Synopsis

Myra is part Cherokee, a cleaner in the local hotel. She and husband Thomas and unemployed son Terry live in a trailer park. In 1828 gold was found in Dahlonega in the American deep south; the Cherokees were rounded up and force-marched to the west in the 'Trail of Tears'. In a moving portrait, Fool's Gold peels away the layers of affluent colour-co-ordinated shops, cafes and big cars to reveal a community, where people like Myra and Thomas, live out life untouched by the prosperity of tourism, who struggle with poverty but share the little they have with others.

Details

Year

2005

Type of film

Features

Running Time

55 mins

Format

BetaSP

Director

Jill Daniels

Producer

Jill Daniels, Sandra Milner

Editor

Jill Daniels

Director of Photography

Jill Daniels

Sound

Sandra Milner

Genre

• Woman Director
• Documentary

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 7th September 2006