Arvéd

"American Dirge" is a cathartic journey of a man traveling through two battered souls - the American back country and his own. Sam, a troubled folk/country musician, lost himself trying to make a living in Los Angeles. Instead alcohol, unsettling dreams and lethal sickness became his closest companions. So he decides to leave this toxic place to visit his father in Louisiana for the last time. But the heritage can be a heavy burden, and even the most well-hidden sacred place is built to fall apart. Sam, a troubled and ailing country/folk musician, embarks on a final journey from Los Angeles to Louisiana to visit his estranged father. As he makes his way through the fading soul of a country that lived through better days, weighed down by failure, loss, and emptiness, Sam confronts the ghosts of his haunting past. With the coarseness of a gritty street poem, American Dirge sheds light on family, lack of recognition, addiction and the delicate interplay between sensitivity and self-destruction. This poignant and unflinching exploration of redemption and reconciliation reveals a man's struggle with his troubled past and present and ultimately serving as an allegory of social decay.