Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Directed by RaMell Ross

Produced by Louverture Films, Idiom Film

201876 min6.1 / 10

A meditative, visually poetic documentary that captures the intimate textures of African American life in rural Alabama, balancing beauty and dignity against the weight of historical and social realities.

Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, this film is constructed in a form that allows the viewer an emotive impression of the Historic South - trumpeting the beauty of life and consequences of the social construction of race, while simultaneously a testament to dreaming.

Questions people ask

  • Is Hale County This Morning, This Evening easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is Hale County This Morning, This Evening violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is Hale County This Morning, This Evening scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Does Hale County This Morning, This Evening end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 71% of films.

  • Is Hale County This Morning, This Evening sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

33/ 100

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