When the documentarian is dumped by his girlfriend, Ross McElwee decides to retrace General Sherman's Civil War march on Atlanta, hilariously exploring romance and the mystique of Southern women along the way. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Sequel (of sorts): TIME INDEFINITE.
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Ross McElwee - American Filmmaker
- Format: DVD
- Run Time: 155
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 720229910972
- Genre: Documentary
- Rating: Not Rated
- Release Date: April 2004
Related Categories:
Movies > Education/General Interest
Movies > American History/Culture
Related Keywords:
Romance
True Story
Self-Discovery
Documentary
Independent
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Notes:
SHERMAN'S MARCH was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2000.
Reviews:
"...A wonderfully goofy, pertinent movie..." - 09/05/1986 New York Times, p.C12
"[A] paean to womanhood, Southern or otherwise..." - 04/16/2004 Entertainment Weekly, p.64
"Documentarian Ross McElwee's paean to Southern womanhood was one among its decade's most acclaimed films and hasn't lost a thing." - 04/09/2004 USA Today, p.10E