Monrovia, Indiana

By

Frederick Wiseman

Monrovia, Indiana explores a small town in rural, mid-America and illustrates how values like community service, duty, spiritual life, generosity and authenticity are formed, experienced and lived along with conflicting stereotypes. The film gives a complex and nuanced view of daily life in Monrovia and provides some understanding of a way of life whose influence and force have not always been recognized or understood in the big cities on the east and west coasts of America and in other countries.

Festivals & Awards

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2019 – Special Jury Prize

Press

Viviana Andriani / Aurélie Dard - Rendez Vous Press

‘Monrovia, Indiana’ is an immersive wonder, thanks to Wiseman’s masterful ability to assemble images that lead from one painterly visual to the next.

Indie Wire

Like all of Wiseman’s films, “Monrovia, Indiana” possesses almost meditative power.

The Washington Post

Original title: Monrovia, Indiana

Production: Zipporah Films Inc.

Nationality: USA

Year of production: 2018

Running time: 143'

Language: English

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