Ross McElwee Movies

  • 2009
    Sweetgrass

    Sweetgrass

    Sweetgrass

    6.82009HD

    An unsentimental elegy to the American West, Sweetgrass follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's...

    Sweetgrass
  • 1985
    Sherman's March

    Sherman's March

    Sherman's March

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

    Sherman's March
  • 1997
    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    6.61997HD

    Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of American cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic fraud and the...

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?
  • 2004
    Bright Leaves

    Bright Leaves

    Bright Leaves

    6.92004HD

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

    Bright Leaves
  • 1993
    Time Indefinite

    Time Indefinite

    Time Indefinite

    6.91993HD

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

    Time Indefinite
  • 1981
    N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

    N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

    N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

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    This film provides a broad overview of Ju/'hoan life, both past and present, and an intimate portrait of N!ai, a Ju/'hoan woman who in 1978 was in...

    N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman
  • 1997
    Six O'Clock News

    Six O'Clock News

    Six O'Clock News

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

    Six O'Clock News
  • 2011
    Photographic Memory

    Photographic Memory

    Photographic Memory

    5.52011HD

    Distressed over his teenaged son's addiction to the Internet and fearful that the developing boy has grown detached from the real world, documentary...

    Photographic Memory
  • 1991
    Something to Do with the Wall

    Something to Do with the Wall

    Something to Do with the Wall

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

    Something to Do with the Wall
  • 1984
    Backyard

    Backyard

    Backyard

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

    Backyard
  • 1976
    68 Albany Street

    68 Albany Street

    68 Albany Street

    01976HD

    Early documentary short by Ross McElwee. 16mm; color; sound.

    68 Albany Street
  • 1974
    20,000 Missing Persons

    20,000 Missing Persons

    20,000 Missing Persons

    01974HD

    Early documentary short by Ross McElwee. 16mm; color; sound.

    20,000 Missing Persons
  • 1977
    Energy War

    Energy War

    Energy War

    01977HD

    Documentary feature. 16mm; color; sound.

    Energy War
  • 1981
    Resident Exile

    Resident Exile

    Resident Exile

    01981HD

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

    Resident Exile
  • 2008
    In Paraguay

    In Paraguay

    In Paraguay

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    Documentary film by Ross McElwee.

    In Paraguay
  • 2000
    No Vladimir

    No Vladimir

    No Vladimir

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    Vladimir is an impeccably dressed student who wants to become a spy. In pursuit of this goal he learns all he can about espionage, learning codes and...

    No Vladimir
  • 1977
    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?

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    In Charleen, documentarian Ross McElwee looks at the life of a North Carolina poet and teacher who acts as a muse to a motley crew of artists and...

    Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
  • 1979
    Space Coast

    Space Coast

    Space Coast

    01979HD

    Focusing on three residents of Cape Canaveral, Florida this film puts forward the thesis that a decline in NASA's space program after the moon...

    Space Coast
  • 1970
    Remake

    Remake

    Remake

    01970HD

    For nearly forty years, Ross McElwee has made closely observed and profoundly subjective documentaries about how his personal life intersects with...

    Remake