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The Story
The filmmaker
Mason Engel is an author and filmmaker. His sci-fi novel, 2084, has earned bestseller status on Amazon, and his bookish documentaries, The Bookstour and Story Road, have appeared on public television and in major literary festivals.
The real-life "Great American Novel"
After 10 years of trying to make it as a writer in LA, Mason gives up. It's time to move home to Indiana. But not yet. Since he can't write a Great American Novel, he decides to live one. He travels to 50 states, reads 50 books, and interviews 50 authors, all in 50 days. His question is simple: why do we read?
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WHAT ARE THE BIG QUESTIONS
Why do we tell stories?
Why do we read?
and, for Mason:
Is the road trip a search for answers or something more?
a film for the book lover
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