Make some room on your busy social calendars (and on your sofa) tonight for David Sutherland’s new film Country Boys. Sutherland previously made The Farmer’s Wife, which is probably the most compelling documentary I’ve ever seen.
It’s been eight years since he presented us a view of contemporary rural America, and I’m fascinated to see what he shows us this time. I can’t think about this summer’s baseball tour through the Midwest without hearing the somewhat mournful soundtrack from his previous work. Of course, my view of the middle of America is still rather inchoate, despite having lived there for the better part of two decades. But more on that later.
