A twelve-year-old African-American boy traveling as a hobo who claims to be Woody Guthrie. He plays blues music on a guitar labeled this machine kills fascists and eventually journeys to New Jersey to visit the ailing real Woody Guthrie in a hospital.
A transient bond forged through shared travel and the passing of a symbolic instrument.
Parallel storylines that explore isolation, poetic fatalism, and the burden of artistic identity.
Contrasting yet parallel journeys of musical innovation and audience reception.
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