On October 20 2022, “AMERICAN” premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival to a sold out crowd.
“I sat awestruck as it masterfully wove together disparate strands into a coherent narrative skein more like a hawser.”
Author Gray Brechin
"The best way to deal with Orson Welles today is to tell us things that we don’t already know, including what we don’t know about American history. As his title succinctly tells us, Danny Wu’s American performs that agenda beautifully and provocatively, inviting us to rethink our
own legacy as Americans as well as the legacy of Welles’ work in the 1940s. It's a hair-raising story."
Film Critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
"This film changes the way we think about Orson Welles, and in contextualizing his career during the all-important decade of the 1940s, it changes the way we think about American history. It is very thoughtfully researched and artfully created."
Film Scholar Catherine Benamou
“The info was riveting and attention-grabbing, involving, because it did… the documentary is a terrific achievement.”
The Alike/ Austin Film Critic
“My favourite movie of the festival (Austin Film Fest)… everyone should see it”
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