Director and producer Emilie Simonini follows in the footsteps of her great-grandparents Max and Emilie Hempe in a journey spanning the Atlantic Ocean, told through a montage of present day footage, family testimonials, and archival hi-8 ...See moreDirector and producer Emilie Simonini follows in the footsteps of her great-grandparents Max and Emilie Hempe in a journey spanning the Atlantic Ocean, told through a montage of present day footage, family testimonials, and archival hi-8 home video. Alongside her family members, Emilie retraces her great-grandparents immigration journey from Germany to the United States in the early 1930's and examines her family's version of the American Dream that she has come to know very well.
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