Nimrod Nation is an eight-part documentary series. This was planned and conceived by Oscar-nominated director Brett Morgen. The executive producers for this documentary were Morgen, Adam Pincus, and Kevin Proudfoot. It is supposed to make its debuts on Sundance Channel in fall 2007.
Nimrod Nation is based on the remote as well as sleepy town of Watersmeet on Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Away from the hustle and bustle of the city life, this place has a life of its own and that revolves around the basketball. In fact, in this place, life during the long winter months revolves around two things: hunting and its high school basketball team. That seems to be the life of not only the kids of the place but for the adults as well.
Nimrod Nation is based on a place that is so far north, in the Upper Peninsula town of Watersmeet, Michigan. In this place, you have a feeling that the place does not belong to the real world or the American life which is usually filled with activities. In fact, in the town of Watersmeet, Mich., you half-expect the place to be lit with the Northern Lights.
Nimrod Nation that can be another name for Watersmeet, is a quiet and a peculiar town. It is a kind of place where the morning host on the radio says a warm front has moved in because the temperature is going above zero. In this town, the young people pass their free time by driving along the outskirts and firing guns. On the other hand, the seniors gather at the coffee shop every evening to retell stories of the Watersmeet Nimrods basketball team and its performance ion the previous years.
The place can indeed be called the Nimrod Nation as the basketball team or Nimrod is the glue to the place. This is similar to the instance of fictional Dillon, Tex where football is the glue. All the people here thrive on the game of basketball and the towns basketball team. Even their performance is a major issue that controls their life. Almost every discussion thats held in the town involves around this game and so the game for sure is the adhesive that binds the people of this town together.
The Nimrod Nation is captured by director Brett Morgen. In his documentary, he makes the team his touchstone for the other dramas of rural life. The dramas that he captures consist of crucial issues like the unspoken tension between whites and Native Americans. The documentary has some rough language and some rough scenes, but in general, it is about the larger drama of the town. Nydailynews
Nimrod Nation Brett Morgen Directed Documentary Film
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