Charleen Explained
| Charleen |
| Director: | Ross McElwee |
| Runtime: | 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
- https://mubi.com/films/charleen MUBI
- https://www.filmaffinity.com/au/film985547.html FilmAffinity
- Web site: Play-Doc 2012 Charleen ROSS MCELWEE International Documentary Festival . play-doc.com.
- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/news/ross/bostonmag.html THE MEANING OF LIFE-FRONTLINE-PBS
- https://books.google.com/books?id=HVygqYMVP2wC&dq=charleen+ross+mcelwee&pg=PA444 Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979 by David O. Cook-Google Books
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