In this episode of The Bigfoot Manifesto, Dave Pederson is joined by fellow producer Jeff Mann and director Sean Claffey to revisit Americonned and ask a hard question: what has changed since the film first came out in June 2023? The episode returns to the film’s central warning that inequality, labor precarity, housing instability, political capture, and the collapse of the middle class were never separate problems, but parts of one larger con.
Dave, Jeff, and Sean look back at what the film was really trying to say, why its message hits even harder now, and how billionaire power, AI job disruption, housing unaffordability, weakened labor power, and economic anxiety have only deepened since release. They also discuss why now is the right time to relaunch Americonned and what they hope new audiences will see more clearly in this moment.
This is a conversation about the American Dream, the architecture of power, and why the story Americonned tells is not old news. It is still happening.
For updates on the relaunch of Americonned, visit Americonned.film.