Robert Greene’s Passionately Ambitious Non-Fiction Film BISBEE ’17 Opens October 5 at AFS Cinema
BISBEE ’17 opens Friday, October 5, at AFS Cinema. Director Robert Greene joins us on Saturday, October 6, at 6 PM. Buy Tickets.
In Robert Greene’s newest foray into hybrid documentary filmmaking, he focuses on the small mining town of Bisbee, Arizona, and its troubled history. In 1917, over 1300 striking miners were forcibly deported out of town, loaded onto trains, and left for dead in the New Mexican desert. One hundred years after the incident, Greene documents the town as they attempt to reckon with the dark past by theatrically re-enacting the 1917 incident. Greene’s film blurs reality and fiction in a style that’s now become his very own. AFS recommends this film and here are a few other critics who do, too.
Here’s what critics are saying:
“[a] thematically rich, narratively canny film,” – Mark Jenkins, NPR
“…an adventurous exercise in drama-documentary; what could have seemed arch or awkward is handled with grace and tact,” – Anthony Lane, NYTimes
“the sheer audacity and originality of the exercise makes it a must-see…” – Matt Zoller Seitz, rogerebert.com
“Most documentaries seek merely to inform. [Greene’s] always strive to make you interrogate what you’re watching.” – Mike D’Angelo, The A.V. Club
“Bisbee ’17 is [Robert Greene’s] best film to date, not least because it’s his most ambitious.” – Scout Tafoya, MUBI
BISBEE ’17 opens Friday, October 5th, for a limited engagement at AFS Cinema. The Saturday night screening will have director Robert Greene in attendance.
- Contributed by Henry Graham
