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Backyard documentary

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Original title: Backyard
Year: 1984
Running time: 40 min.
Country: United States
Director: Ross McElwee
Screenwriter: Ross McElwee
Cast: Documentary, Self: Ross McElwee, Ann McElwee, Melvin Stafford, Lucille Stafford, Claude Cathy, Ernest Angley, Ernest Angley, Ross McElwee Jr., Ross McElwee Jr., Tom McElwee, Tom McElwee
Cinematography: Ross McElwee, Ross McElwee
Producer: First Run Features, First Run Features, Artificial Eye, Artificial Eye. Distributor: MGM, MGM
Genre: Documentary | Family Relationships
Synopsis: McElwee depicts a microcosm of southern society: his brother, an aspiring medical student; his father, a surgeon; and the African Americans with whom they come into contact; the family cook, a beekeeper, and the staff of the local country club, who can scarcely contain their anger at the casual racism they confront every day. Also casting a shadow over the film are the deaths of McElwee’s mother and brother, traumas that his family would prefer to leave unexamined

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