Charleen
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| Directed by | Ross McElwee |
| Written by | Ross McElwee |
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Running time | 54 minutes |
| Language | English |
Charleen is a 1977 observational documentary film directed and shot by Ross McElwee, about his friend and former poetry teacher, Charleen Swansea.[1][2]
Summary
McElwee follows Charleen over a month in her life in North Carolina, where she still teaches poetry and engages in interracial flirtation (to the titillation of her students),[3] and documents her friendship with American poet Ezra Pound.[4]
Production
McElwee shot the film as part of his graduate thesis at MIT.[5]