| 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]
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. [3]
McElwee shot the film as part of his graduate thesis at MIT. [4]