Backyard
- Original title
- Backyard
- Year
- 1984
- Running time
- 40 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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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
- Producer
- 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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