Charleen
Charleen | |
---|---|
Directed by | Ross McElwee |
Written by | Ross McElwee |
Release date |
|
Running time | 54 minutes |
Language | English |
Charleen is a 1977 observational documentary film directed and shot by Ross McElwee, about his friend and former poetry teacher, Charleen Swansea.[1][2]
Summary[]
McElwee follows Charleen over a month in her life in North Carolina, where she still teaches poetry and engages in interracial flirtation (to the titillation of her students),[3] and documents her friendship with American poet Ezra Pound.[4]
Production[]
McElwee shot the film as part of his graduate thesis at MIT.[5]
References[]
External links[]
References[]
Categories:
- 1977 films
- English-language films
- American films
- American documentary films
- Films shot in North Carolina
- Films set in North Carolina
- Films directed by Ross McElwee
- Documentary films about poets
- American student films
- 1977 documentary films
- Ezra Pound