NoMadLand / 2021 Oscar Winning Movie Explained

Nomadland is a 2020 American drama film based on the 2017 nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder. The film is written, produced, directed, and edited by Chloé Zhao, and stars Frances McDormand (who is also a producer on the film) as a vandwelling working nomad who leaves her hometown after her husband dies and the sole industry closes down, to be „houseless” and travel around the United States. David Strathairn also stars in a supporting role. A number of real-life nomads appear as fictionalized versions of themselves, including Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells.

CREDITS

Distributed by
Searchlight Pictures

Directed by
Chloé Zhao

Screenplay by
Chloé Zhao

Based on Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
by Jessica Bruder

Produced by
Frances McDormand
Peter Spears
Mollye Asher
Dan Janvey
Chloé Zhao

Starling
Frances McDormand
David Strathairn
Linda May
Swankie

Cinematography
Joshua James Richards
Edited by
Chloé Zhao

Music by
Ludovico Einaudi

Production companies
Highwayman Films
Hear/Say Productions
Cor Cordium Productions