Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018)
- Directed by
- Laura Poitras, RaMell Ross
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 60 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows African American residents of Hale County, Alabama over several years. It captures everyday moments and routines without a traditional narrative.
meditativeobservationallyricalgentlecontemplativeintimateslow-moving
What happens
Hale County This Morning, This Evening is a 2018 American documentary film about the lives of African Americans in Hale County, Alabama. It is directed by RaMell Ross and produced by RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes, Su Kim, and is Ross's first nonfiction feature. The documentary is the winner of 2018 Sundance Film Festival award for U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Creative Vision, 2018 Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Cinema Eye Honors Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It was released in theaters on September 14, 2018, later aired on television as part of the PBS series Independent Lens, and eventually won a 2020 Peabody Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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