Charleen
| Charleen | |
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| Directed by | Ross McElwee |
| Written by | Ross McElwee |
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Running time | 54 minutes |
| Language | English |
Charleen is a 1978 observational documentary film directed and shot by Ross McElwee, about his friend and former poetry teacher, Charleen Swansea.[1][2]
Summary
[edit]McElwee follows Charleen over a month in her life in North Carolina, where she still teaches poetry, and documents her friendship with American poet Ezra Pound.[3]
Production
[edit]McElwee shot the film as part of his graduate thesis at MIT.[4]
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[edit]Categories:
- 1978 films
- American documentary films
- Films shot in North Carolina
- Films set in North Carolina
- Films directed by Ross McElwee
- Documentary films about American poets
- American student films
- 1977 documentary films
- Ezra Pound
- 1978 English-language films
- 1978 American films
- English-language documentary films
- Documentary films about women writers