Charleen

Charleen is a 1977 observational documentary film directed and shot by Ross McElwee, about his friend and former poetry teacher, Charleen Swansea.<ref>MUBI</ref><ref>FilmAffinity</ref>

Summary

McElwee follows Charleen over a month in her life in North Carolina, where she still teaches poetry, and documents her friendship with American poet Ezra Pound.<ref>THE MEANING OF LIFE-FRONTLINE-PBS</ref>

Production

McElwee shot the film as part of his graduate thesis at MIT.<ref>Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979 by David O. Cook-Google Books</ref>

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External links

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