Ross McElwee- Finding the heroism in everyday life

McElwee was a pioneer in the now-ubiquitous personal documentary.  Each of his films chronicles a chapter in his life.  This evening we were treated to two rarely seen early shorts, Charleen and Backyard, that solidified his style for his (truly essential) first feature, Sherman’s March: A Meditation on the Possibility of Romantic Love In the South During an Era of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation (1986) and his subsequent (really fantastic) body of work.

rania posted to Directors on February 2, 2010 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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