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Film poster
Directed by	RaMell Ross
Produced by	RaMell Ross Joslyn Barnes Su Kim
Written by	RaMell Ross Maya Krinsky
Starring	Latrenda "Boosie" Ash Quincy Bryant Daniel Collins
Music by	Scott Alario Forest Kelley Alex Somers
Editing by	RaMell Ross Joslyn Barnes Maya Krinsky Robb Moss
Distributed by	The Cinema Guild
Release date(s)	January 19, 2018 (2018-01-19) (Sundance Film Festival)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Money made	$112,300

Hale County This Morning, This Evening is a documentary film from 2018. It shows the daily lives of Black people living in Hale County, Alabama, in the United States. The film was directed by RaMell Ross. It was his first full-length documentary movie.

This movie won many awards, including a special jury award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. It also won a Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary. The film was even nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Later, it was shown on the PBS series Independent Lens and won a Peabody Award in 2020.

About the Film

Hale County This Morning, This Evening does not tell a story in a straight line. Instead, it follows different people living in Hale County. This area is part of Alabama's Black Belt.

The film uses questions shown on screen, called intertitles, to help structure it. Some of these questions are:

• "What is the orbit of our dreaming?"
• "How do we not frame someone?"
• "Whose child is this?"

RaMell Ross, the director, wanted to show his community in a new way. He aimed to "participate, not capture" their lives. This means he wanted to be part of their world, not just film it from a distance.

The movie is like a "visual orchestra." It follows the lives of characters like Quincy Bryant and Daniel Collins. Their stories unfold as they go to college and become fathers.

Ross also uses a concept he calls the "epic-banal." This idea means finding something grand and meaningful in simple, everyday moments. He believes there is "magnificence" in the ordinary lives of Black people. He wanted to show this instead of focusing on sensational or dramatic events.

RaMell Ross explained his goal for the film. He said, "If we weren't stuck in our first-person points of view, I would argue that most problems in the world that have to do with inequality would be solved, because we wouldn't be stuck in our single points of views." This means he hopes the film helps people understand different perspectives.

Awards and Recognition

Hale County This Morning, This Evening was shown at many film festivals and won several awards.

See also

• List of black films of the 2010s
• Hale County, Alabama
• Godfrey Reggio- whose Qatsi trilogy documentaries were the inspiration for this film