Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Q&A filmmaker RaMell Ross

How does one express the world of individuals whose lives and humanity originate in exploitation? In this unconventional lyrical portrait of two African-American men in rural Alabama, photographer/filmmaker RaMell Ross poetically interweaves images of the mundane and monumental, communicating the region’s culture and offering glimpses into the complex ways the African-American community’s collective image is integrated into the nation’s visual imagination. “Hale County This Morning, This Evening is not a long film,” says the New York Times, “but it contains whole worlds.”

Please note, depending on the results of the Academy Awards nominations in January, filmmaker RaMell Ross may be unable to attend.

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