Monrovia, Indiana
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.
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Monrovia, Indiana
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Status
Released
Release Date
Sep 7, 2018
Runtime
2h 23m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
60%
Original Title
Monrovia, Indiana
Production Companies
Civic Film LLC, Zipporah Films, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS
Director
Frederick Wiseman
Description
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.
