Backyard

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Ross McElwee's intriguing short explores the ghosts that haunt families and cultures in different ways. McElwee explores his father's inability to discuss his mother's death, observes the relationships between his family and their African-American employees and subtly critiques class systems and the lingering effects of slavery on the South.

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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.