International Competition

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

RaMell Ross
Screening time  
25.02. / Monday, 21:00 - 23:00 Theatre 1  
27.02. / Wednesday, 15:00 - 17:00 Theatre 1  
01.03. / Friday, 12:00 - 14:00 Theatre 3  
A multifaceted picture of the Black Belt in the Southern United States brought up by the warm, intimate eye of an insider.

The Black Belt in the Southern United States is known for its history of slavery and poverty. RaMell Ross, who worked here as a teacher and basketball coach for years, paints a more multifaceted picture in his debut feature documentary. With the warm, intimate eye of an insider, Ross captures the community of Hale County by pointing his camera at a few of its members. Over the course of five years, he follows the college student and basketball player Daniel Collins, the young father Quincy Bryant, and the people in their lives. He does so in a poetically flowing, impressionist style. The editing is associative and non-linear, a sequence of moments: a small child running to and fro, three girls singing under a canopy roof in the evening, basketball players practicing, a funeral and a birth. Occasionally funny and often moving, Hale County This Morning, This Evening leaves it up to us to decide what the deeper meaning of it all is.

Ramell-ross_photograph-by-maya-krinsky

RaMell Ross

RaMell Ross is a photographer and director, he earned a BA in both English and Sociology from Georgetown University and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. His photographs have been exhibited internationally and his writing has appeared in such outlets as the NY Times and Walker Arts Center. RaMell is currently on faculty at Brown University’s Visual Arts Department. Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018) is his first feature documentary.RaMell Ross is a photographer and director, he earned a BA in both English and Sociology from Georgetown University and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. His photographs have been exhibited internationally and his writing has appeared in such outlets as the NY Times and Walker Arts Center. RaMell is currently on faculty at Brown University’s Visual Arts Department. Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018) is his first feature documentary.

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Hale County This Morning, This Evening

USA
2018, 76'

Directed by:
RaMell Ross

Screenplay by:
RaMell Ross, Maya Krinsky

Cinematography:
RaMell Ross

Edited by:
RaMell Ross

Music:
Alex Somers, Scott Alario, Forest Kelley

Producers:
RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes, Su Kim

Produced by:
Louverture Films

Festivals & Awards:

Sundance Film Festival 2018 – Special Jury Prize; Full Frame 2018 – Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award; Gotham Awards 2018 – Award for Best Documentary; RIDM 2018 – Grand Prize for Best International Feature; Indie Memphis Film Festival 2018 – Special Jury Award; IDA Documentary Awards – Best Music Score Creative Recognition Award; Milwaukee Film Festival 2018 – Hertzfeld Competition Award; Montclair Film Festival 2018 – Documentary Feature Award; Camden International Film Festival 2018 – John Marshall Award; Cork International Film Festival 2018 – Cinematic Documentary Award; Bildrausch Filmfest Basel 2018 – Honorable Mention Best Documentary