Hale County This Morning, This Evening
This immersive 21st century vision of young people living and striving in Alabama’s Black Belt is an Oscar nominee composed of pure film poetry.
Awards & Recognition
Nominee
2018 International Documentary Association (IDA) - Best Feature
Nominee
2019 Academy Awards - Best Documentary Feature
Nominee
2019 Primetime Emmy Awards - Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking
Winner
2019 Peabody Awards - George Foster Peabody Award
A trusted friend of the people he films, RaMell Ross builds upon his skills as a photographer to capture exquisitely-edited verite footage from Hale County in rural Alabama. Focused on poetic distillation rather than narrative arcs, the film follows Daniel and Quincy, young men whose dreams collide with the challenges of succeeding in sports, college, and fatherhood. Shot from sunrise to sunset from 2012 to 2017, Hale County, This Morning, This Evening is an impressionistic portrait of a community that reveals the harrowing legacy of racism and the insistent beauty of life.