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SCREENING: Man with a Movie Camera (1929), Chapel Hill

  • Chelsea Theater 1129 Weaver Dairy Road Chapel Hill, NC, 27514 United States (map)

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 @ 7:00pm (Eastern) Part documentary and part cinematic art, this film follows a city in the 1920s Soviet Union throughout the day, from morning to night. With a variety of complex and innovative camera shots, the film depicts scenes of ordinary daily life in Russia. Vertov celebrates the modernity of the city, with its vast buildings, dense population and bustling industries.