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Hale County This Morning, This Evening

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Filmmaker RaMell Ross captures small, but nevertheless precious, moments in black lives.
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Intimate in scope yet thematically expansive, Hale County This Morning, This Evening draws extraordinary insights out of seemingly ordinary moments.

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Ty Burr Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack) 10/09/2024
4/4
"Hale County" feels like less like a movie that was made than a dream that has welled up in the subconscious of a nation unwilling to see it, rendered so beautiful that it's impossible to look away. Go to Full Review
Ben Sachs Chicago Reader 03/25/2020
RaMell Ross's remarkable debut feature is as much an experimental film as it is a documentary, and it succeeds smashingly on both fronts. Go to Full Review
Adam Nayman The Ringer 02/21/2019
At the same time that Hale County's collage style helps the film avoid becoming a Southern variation on Hoop Dreams, it refuses to lapse into anything resembling hand-wringing melancholy. Go to Full Review
Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine 01/06/2023
I respect Ross’s ambition and general project more than a brainwave readout of moment-to-moment reactions would indicate. Go to Full Review
David Lamble Bay Area Reporter 06/01/2020
Hale County illustrates the sad truth of just how much of America, especially but not only the rural South, is still almost entirely segregated. Go to Full Review
Steven Sheehan The Digital Fix 02/06/2020
7/10
An intriguing and artistically-styled documentary that is mostly deserving of the critical praise. Go to Full Review
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Benyamin M @Benyamin5347 12/23/2024 One of the best documentaries I have ever seen. Hale County This Morning, This Evening is an amazing documentary with great cinematography. See more 04/18/2021 Stunning visuals. Interesting camera work. Love the pacing and decision on how the director wanted to tell the story. See more 02/20/2021 intricate and stunning See more 01/23/2021 Imagine taking a video camera and walking around your county for a couple of months, filming totally random interactions between people. Then randomly selecting clips of those interactions and piecing together a movie. No story. No narration. So uninspired that a 12 year old with a video camera could do it. This is not a work of art like so many critics claim it is but rather virtue signaling on their part. See more 07/13/2020 Speaking as a documentary filmmaker and editor, this is one of the most poignant and beautifully constructed documentary essays I've seen. It moves viscerally through time and space and creates such vibrant emotional chords that it made me gasp. How anyone can give this film a one star is bizarre to me. This film is a rare combination of poetry and subtle–but no less insightful–social commentary that doesn't hand you political 'answers' on a plate. It gives you room to breathe, to think, to witness, intimately, which is extremely hard to pull off both in terms of getting access to film, and putting it together in the edit room, let me tell you. If I could give it ten stars, I would. Ignore the one stars, do yourself a favor, and give this film the time and attention it deserves. See more 05/30/2020 Well shot, but lacks direction or context See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker RaMell Ross captures small, but nevertheless precious, moments in black lives.
Director
RaMell Ross
Producer
Joslyn Barnes, Su Kim, RaMell Ross
Screenwriter
Maya Krinsky, RaMell Ross
Distributor
Cinema Guild
Production Co
Louverture Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 14, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 19, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$112.3K
Runtime
1h 16m
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