| Release Date: | Jan 1, 1984 |
| Running Time: | 40 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
synopsis
The result of McElwee turning his camera on his family and their neighbors, BACKYARD is a humorous and poignant look at odd moments in a genteel Southern town as well as an introduction to characters who would reappear in many of McElwee's subsequent films, including SHERMAN'S MARCH (which McElwee later called BACKYARD a "sketch" for), TIME INDEFINITE, and SIX O'CLOCK NEWS.
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McElwee has made nine feature-length documentaries as well as a number of shorter films. SHERMAN’S MARCH, one of McElwee’s most acclaimed docs has won numerous awards, including Best Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. His nonfiction hit BRIGHT LEAVES was nominated for Best Documentary of 2004 by both the Director’s Guild of America and the Writer’s Guild of America and other titles, including TIME INDEFINITE and SIX O’CLOCK NEWS, both won a number of festival awards before being distributed theatrically throughout the United States. McElwee’s contributions to the film industry were commended in 2007 when he received the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival’s Career Award.
