These invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in RVs and modified vans, forming a growing community of nomads. Nomadland tells a revelatory tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy - one which foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us.

Back in 2014, Bruder was commissioned to write a story on the growing demographic of low-income Americans, many of them post-retirement age, most desperately affected by the 2008 financial crisis, living a nomadic lifestyle across the country.

nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century is a 2017 nonfiction book by American journalist Jessica Bruder about the phenomenon of older Americans who, following the Great Recession from 2007 to 2009, adopted transient lifestyles traveling around the United States in search of seasonal work (vandwelling).

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Nomadland Analysis: Themes of Community & Isolation After recently losing her husband, Fern's town is immediately dispanded when the local gypsum plant is forced to close. This sets the thematic tone for the rest of the film, as a state of isolation has been thrust upon Fern due to the loss of her community.

It suggests that the road less traveled can yield joy as well as sorrow, and that it can fulfill a person's need for both solitude and community. We don't know what lies ahead for Fern by movie's end, but we do know that her journey isn't over.

Nomadland, which is easily one of 2021's best movies, is the epitome of the saying, "Home is where the heart is." As evidenced by her interaction with her sister, Fern was almost born with a unique and nomadic spirit. She left home at the first chance she got and never looked back.

Written and directed by Chloé Zhao who Best Director Oscar award, Nomadland is based on a non-fiction book of the same name by Jessica Bruder. To research for the book, Jessica Bruder spent years following and living with the real-life nomads. She also had a secondhand van, which she named Halen.

The 60-something Fern – played by Frances McDormand – has taken to a life on the road after losing her job, home and husband in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Zhao nods at the idea that Nomadland has feminist qualities. “I think so. I mean, it depends how you want to look at it.

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It is a gorgeous film that's alternately dreamlike in the way it captures the beauty of this country and grounded in its story about the kind of person we don't usually see in movies. I love everything about it. Filmmakers and artists in general have a tendency to judge their characters.

Nomadland seems to understand loss - material, emotional and spiritual loss - in a way that few movies do. That may not sound like comfort viewing in these times of heartbreak and uncertainty, but this isn't a despairing film. Nomadland takes its time sinking in, but sink in it does.