Route 2 Elsewhere
Overview:
Examining the challenges facing rural American communities as they adapt to a changing economy, exemplified by a 1500 mile stretch of US Highway 2 from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan through the Sweet Grass Hills of Montana. Filmed over a one year period of time.
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