CPH:DOX 2024 – Gasoline Rainbow

Fresh out of high school, dazed n’ confused and on the cusp of adulthood, five teenagers decide to embark on one last adventure. They hop into a second hand van and set off on an 800 km journey to the Pacific coast to see what parties they might find at the end of the rainbow. Along the way, the van becomes a boat, then a freight train, and finally they must make the journey on their young feet. Carefree, they let themselves float along in the direction that adventure and chance send them. This leads to a series of unique encounters with special people from the margins of American society. With Bill and Turner Ross behind the free-wheeling camera, ‘Gasoline Rainbow’ evolves into a hopeful, sensory, Americana-spirited youth film that most of all looks like something it is not: A documentary.