Six O'Clock News (1997)

★ 6.0 1h 43m IMDb
Documentary
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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.

Six O'Clock News

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Ross McElwee
Ross McElwee as Himself Age 79 · Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Ross McElwee is an American documentary filmmaker and cinematographer, and Harvard professor, known for his autobiographical films about his family and personal life, usually interwoven with an episod...
Charleen Swansea
Charleen Swansea as Herself Died 2018 · Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Charleen Swansea (1932–2018) was an American poet, teacher, and publisher from North Carolina, and a recurring subject across the films of Ross McElwee, appearing in Charleen (1978), Sherman's March (...
Josh Kornbluth
Josh Kornbluth as Himself Age 67 · Roslyn, New York, USA Josh Kornbluth is an American comedic autobiographical monologuist based in the San Francisco Bay Area who has toured internationally, written and starred in several feature films, and starred in a te...
Adrian McElwee
Adrian McElwee as Himself Died 2016 · Brookline, Massachusetts, USA Adrian McElwee was an American cinematographer and aspiring filmmaker known for his contributions to documentary films by his father, Ross McElwee, and as the central figure in Ross McElwee's 2025 doc...
Director Ross McElwee
Cast Ross McElwee, Charleen Swansea, Josh Kornbluth, Marilyn Levine, Adrian McElwee, Michael Peyser, Raven Angeline Whisnant

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