Synopsis: Director Ron Lamothe visits important locations in the life of Chris "Alex" McCandless, a young man who was an "aesthetic voyager." McCandless was found dead at the age of 24 in an abondoned bus on a remote Alaska trail. Lamothe finds himself meeting Sean Penn over and over again as he is also making a movie about McCandless. The film touches on themes relevent to the director: Generation X, wilderness and the American imagination, rites of passage, and the changing American cultural landscape. Includes scenes from Emory University's 2006 graduation ceremony. McCandless was an Emory graduate himself and Lamothe compares the hopes and ambitions of the 2006 graduates with those of McCandless's generation.
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