Six O'Clock News (1997)
Filmmaker Ross McElwee trails characters whose stories have been fodder for television news and takes their tales of loss and longing further than the requisite sound bite. In the process, he examines how the medium works and exposes its limitations.
- Date of release
- 1997-01-20
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Ross McElwee
Casting
- Ross McElwee — Himself
- Charleen Swansea — Herself
- Josh Kornbluth — Himself
- Marilyn Levine — Herself
- Adrian McElwee — Himself
- Michael Peyser — Himself
- Raven Angeline Whisnant — Herself
Interesting facts
Six O'Clock News is a 1996 documentary film by Ross McElwee about television news in the United States, the randomness of fate, the anxiety of parenting, and the difference between representation and reality. The film is the subject of scholarly study.
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