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The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase (1998)

Not Rated | | History | October 1998 (USA)
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An enigmatic pseudo-documentary covering the stories of a woman who kills her baby in her microwave, the Native American genocide, and nuclear war.

Director:

Joshua Oppenheimer

Stars:

Jennifer Lee Carrell, J. Eric Marler, Darren Chadwick-Hussein
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Jennifer Lee Carrell Jennifer Lee Carrell ... Mary-Anne Ward
J. Eric Marler J. Eric Marler ... Tony Ward
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The story of a woman who has an immaculate conception and murders her infant in a microwave as a take-off point for a nightmarish critique of congenital American insanity. The film combines documentary, home movies, archival footage, and fiction to form a new type of film: the fictional documentary. Written by Ulf Kjell Gür

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