An Injury to One (2002)

An experimental documentary exploring the turn-of-century lynching of union organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana.

Director:

Travis Wilkerson

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Storyline

An experimental documentary exploring the turn-of-century lynching of union organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana.

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Plot Keywords:

experimental | butte montana | 1917 | reference to frank little | trade union | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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User Reviews

My Top documentary

One of the best documentaries i have ever seen. Totally 99% for all the brave US occupiers. Saw it in a festival in Athens back in 2004 (i think that was the year) and still remember it.

To me it was an introduction in early 20th century American labor history, for which i knew nothing about.

Archival footage mixes with deftly deployed inter titles. The music is great as well. The lyrics to traditional mining songs are accompanied by music from William Oldham, Jim O'Rourke, and the band Low, producing an appropriately moody, effulgent, and strangely out-of-time soundtrack. The result is a unique film/video hybrid that combines painterly images, incisive writing, and a bold graphic sensibility to produce an articulate example of the aesthetic and political possibilities offered by filmmaking in the digital age. The way the film links the history of the mine with the present environmental nightmare in the area is charismatic.

Since then i am a William Oldham fan as well...

I will try to purchase the DVD now, off i go...

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 September 2002 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Enantia se enan, enantia se olous

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

53 min

Color:

Black and White Color