Dreaming in America (2005)

Dreaming in America

At the heart of "Dreaming in America" is Lucero's story about that amazing thing, too often overlooked: a blue-collar rock group's struggle to survive. As the music industry has exploded over the past few decades and the ability to "move units" has become the defining calculus of the business, it's an incredibly emotional experience to see a band who does it because they have to, because their lives depend on it, and because they love it. There are hundreds of such bands criss-crossing the country at any given moment. This is a film about one of them-a band on the edge of greatness, working to break through. In a happy bit of rock kismet, "Dreaming in America's" cameras started rolling just as Lucero was breaking from its indie rock past and considering the treacherous leap to a major label deal unlike anything seen by the industry before. At that point, the band was between labels and, though it had sold north of 20,000 records.

Dreaming in America

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Roy Berry
Roy Berry
as Drums
Ben Nichols
Ben Nichols
as Vocals / Guitar
John C. Stubblefield
John C. Stubblefield
as Bass
Brian Venable
Brian Venable
as Guitar

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Aaron Goldman
Aaron Goldman
Director
Jessica Reynolds
Jessica Reynolds
Editor
Aaron Goldman
Aaron Goldman
Editor
David Bowles
David Bowles
Producer
Aaron Goldman
Aaron Goldman
Producer

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