Swiss director Nick Brandestini’s fascinating documentary, which deservedly won awards at the Big Sky and Sonoma festivals, introduces us to the small inhospitable town of Darwin in California’s Death Valley where a heterogeneous community of 35 individuals survive in total isolation from the surrounding world.
Plot Summary:Darwin is a documentary feature about an isolated community at the end of a weathered road in Death Valley, California. Propelled from society by tragic turns, the people of Darwin (population 35) must now find ways to coexist in a place without a government, a church, jobs, or children. The film tells the story of a uniquely American place and yet a place that is unique even within America.
