the van life

 

The “van life” promises freedom from the daily grind, but is it just man-children running away from the real world?  In this smart comedy, two feminist grad students -- Georgie, a hyper-competent straight white anthropologist, and Nicole, a queer half-Iranian Muslim sociologist -- infiltrate a group of obsessed VW vanagon-owners.  They’re on a quest to complicate van life mythology, but they have to learn some hard truths about themselves along the way.

Think Thelma and Louise plus camper vans minus suicide.

The “van life” promises freedom from the daily grind, but is it just man-children running away from the real world? In this smart comedy, two feminist grad students -- Georgie, a hyper-competent straight white anthropologist, and Nicole, a queer half-Iranian Muslim sociologist -- infiltrate a group of obsessed VW vanagon-owners. They’re on a quest to complicate van life mythology, but they have to learn some hard truths about themselves along the way. Think Thelma and Louise plus camper vans minus suicide. www.thevanlifetv.com