Dead People2005
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A fascinating cinema verite study of a young white filmmaker's attempt to document a old black neighbor. Frank Butler is a character that only small somewhat isolated towns can create. He may be the only U.S. slave born in the 20th century. He may be a man who lived his whole life panhandling. Or maybe he fooled everyone with his stories. Using discarded grainy 16mm film the filmmaker creates a powerfully enigmatic portrait of a discarded person.
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A fascinating cinema verite study of a young white filmmaker's attempt to document a old black neighbor. Frank Butler is a character that only small somewhat isolated towns can create. He may be the only U.S. slave born in the 20th century. He may be a man who lived his whole life panhandling. Or maybe he fooled everyone with his stories. Using discarded grainy 16mm film the filmmaker creates a powerfully enigmatic portrait of a discarded person.