Through The Lens: Hale County This Morning, This Evening

On Wednesday, December 12, we’re screening Hale County at 7 p.m. at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in downtown Salt Lake City. In his film Hale County This Morning, This Evening, director RaMell Ross abandons the traditional documentary form for a kind of lyrical portraiture, weaving together images and scenes from the lives of two young men in modern Alabama. It’s a documentary, but it’s also a visual poem about the historical South and the people who call it home.