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Film/Video
BELFAST, MAINE
DIRECTED BY FREDERICK WISEMAN
SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 2, 2003,
1 PM
$7 ($5 WALKER MEMBERS)
AUDITORIUM
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A film about ordinary experience in a beautiful old New England port city,
Belfast, Maine offers a portrait of daily life that emphasizes the
work and cultural life of the community. The labors of lobstermen, tugboat
operators, factory workers, shop owners, city counselors, doctors, judges,
policemen, teachers, social workers, nurses, and ministers become fascinating
under the careful eye of a great documentarian. Wiseman works like a pointillist
painter, creating a mural from small bits, that tells the story of a town,
a society, a whole species. 1999, U.S., color, 16mm, 248 minutes.
FREDERICK WISEMAN: A SENSE OF PLACE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GENEROUS
SUPPORT FROM THE REGIS FOUNDATION. |