A documentary about the American lottery and some of the industry's biggest winners (and losers). Qang is a Vietnamese refugee, whose American dream materializes in the form of $22 million while working the floors of a meatpacking factory; James is a sheltered outcast living with his team of cats in a litter strewn bungalow, before chance pays him a multi-million dollar hand.
Direction
Blitz finds humanity in America's weirdest corners.
Writing
Narrative arcs that fiction writers envy.
Production
Intimate access to lives most documentaries miss.
Director
Jeffrey Blitz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jeffrey Blitz also made Spellbound (2002), another doc about American competition obsession. This is basically his 'what if they won?' sequel.
The film quietly argues that lottery winners mirror America's lottery itself — a nation of desperate optimists betting against impossible odds.
US
