director:
Ross McElwee
playwright:
Ross McElwee
actor:
Ross McElwee
/
Charleen Swansea
/
Josh Kornbluth
/
Marilyn Levine
/
Adrian McElwee
…
genre:
Documentary
region:
United States
language:
English
length: 1h 43m
release date: 1997-01-20
IMDb: tt0120141
Overview
Filmmaker Ross McElwee trails characters whose stories have been fodder for television news and takes their tales of loss and longing further than the requisite sound bite. In the process, he examines how the medium works and exposes its limitations.