Ross McElwee Movies
- 2009
Sweetgrass
Sweetgrass6.82009HD
An unsentimental elegy to the American West, Sweetgrass follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's...
- 1985
Sherman's March
Sherman's March6.91985HD
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...
- 1997
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...
- 2004
Bright Leaves
Bright Leaves6.92004HD
Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern traditions associated with tobacco growing and use,...
- 1993
Time Indefinite
Time Indefinite6.91993HD
After documentarian Ross McElwee gets married, a series of misfortunes follow: his grandmother dies, his wife miscarries, and then his father dies...
- 1981
N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman
N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman5.71981HD
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...
- 1997
Six O'Clock News
Six O'Clock News61997HD
Filmmaker Ross McElwee trails characters whose stories have been fodder for television news and takes their tales of loss and longing further than...
- 2011
Photographic Memory
Photographic Memory5.52011HD
Distressed over his teenaged son's addiction to the Internet and fearful that the developing boy has grown detached from the real world, documentary...
- 1991
Something to Do with the Wall
Something to Do with the Wall71991HD
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...
- 1984
Backyard
Backyard61984HD
Documentary film maker Ross McElwee returns to his family home in Charlotte NC. In filming his family, he captures a microcosm of Southern society.
- 1976
68 Albany Street
68 Albany Street01976HD
Early documentary short by Ross McElwee. 16mm; color; sound.
- 1974
20,000 Missing Persons
20,000 Missing Persons01974HD
Early documentary short by Ross McElwee. 16mm; color; sound.
- 1977
Energy War
Energy War01977HD
Documentary feature. 16mm; color; sound.
- 1981
Resident Exile
Resident Exile01981HD
This short film, made with my friends and filmmaking partners, Michel Negroponte and Alex Anthony, was commissioned by PBS's innovative TV Lab in...
- 2008
In Paraguay
In Paraguay02008HD
Documentary film by Ross McElwee.
- 2000
No Vladimir
No Vladimir02000HD
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...
- 1977
Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?
Charleen or How Long Has This Been Going On?81977HD
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...
- 1979
Space Coast
Space Coast01979HD
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...
- 1970
Remake
Remake01970HD
For nearly forty years, Ross McElwee has made closely observed and profoundly subjective documentaries about how his personal life intersects with...