Ross McElwee

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Apr. 28, 2004

2004 108 min

Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern traditions associated with tobacco growing and ...

Jan. 20, 1997

1997 103 min

Filmmaker Ross McElwee trails characters whose stories have been fodder for television news and takes their tales of loss and longing further ...

May. 12, 1993

1993 114 min

After documentarian Ross McElwee gets married, a series of misfortunes follow: his grandmother dies, his wife miscarries, and then his father ...

Apr. 03, 1991

1991 88 min

In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman’s March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the ...

Nov. 13, 1985

1985 158 min

Ross McElwee sets out to make a documentary about the lingering effects of General Sherman’s march of destruction through the South during ...

Jan. 01, 1984

1984 40 min

Documentary film maker Ross McElwee returns to his family home in Charlotte NC. In filming his family, he captures a microcosm of Southern society.

Mar. 11, 1981

1981 28 min

This short film, made with my friends and filmmaking partners, Michel Negroponte and Alex Anthony, was commissioned by PBS’s innovative TV ...