Watch Frances McDormand in the new trailer for Nomadland

Frances McDormand in the film NOMADLAND. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2020 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved

Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad.

The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao (The Eternal’s), Nomadland features real nomads Linda May, Charlene Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.

You can read our reviews of the film here, here and here.

Also starring David Strathairn, the film is based on the book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder.

Opens February 19, 2021.