Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Essential Documentaries
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1h 16m
Directed by RaMell Ross | 76 mins | 2018
The results of five years of living among African American families in rural Hale County, Alabama—also the setting of Walker Evans and James Agee’s photo-essay Let Us Now Praise Famous Men—Ross’s debut feature documentary is a lyrical and loving treatment of the durability and disappointments of men and women living in the grips of poverty.
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