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2020
Zipporah Films
4 h 32 m

2020
Zipporah Films
4 h 32 m

Summary City government touches almost every aspect of our lives. Most of us are unaware of or take for granted these necessary services such as police, fire, sanitation, veterans affairs, elder support, parks, licensing of various professional activities, record keeping of birth, marriage and death as wells as hundreds of other activities that ...

Documentary

Directed By: Frederick Wiseman

2020
Zipporah Films
4 h 32 m

2020
Zipporah Films
4 h 32 m

City Hall

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 17 Critic Reviews

88

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings

6.2

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Summary City government touches almost every aspect of our lives. Most of us are unaware of or take for granted these necessary services such as police, fire, sanitation, veterans affairs, elder support, parks, licensing of various professional activities, record keeping of birth, marriage and death as wells as hundreds of other activities that ...

Documentary

Directed By: Frederick Wiseman

Top Cast

Marty Walsh

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Universal Acclaim Based on 17 Critic Reviews

100% Positive
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Metascore

Universal Acclaim Based on 17 Critic Reviews

100% Positive
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Oct 28, 2020

Even in a filmography with more than its fair share of impressive achievements, it deserves consideration as one of Wiseman’s greatest.

By Peter Sobczynski FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Oct 29, 2020

City Hall runs four and a half mostly engrossing hours, making it one of Wiseman’s longest. That sounds daunting, but I could have watched hours more of people simply talking to one another in auditoriums and across conference-room tables.

By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW

Sep 19, 2020

Wiseman’s true subject here is arguably off-screen, shamed by example, guilty in absentia: the erosion of democratic values and civil, civic debate in an increasingly divided country.

By Lee Marshall FULL REVIEW

Nov 5, 2020

Wiseman has made something so mundane as to be absorbingly exotic, a civics-lesson procedural. As with any procedural, the people involved in the process are just as important to the story as the process is.

By Mark Feeney FULL REVIEW

Oct 7, 2020

Wiseman’s top-down approach to looking at government is both effective at sketching out the priorities of those in charge as well as demonstrating what they’re actually able to execute.

By Natalia Keogan FULL REVIEW

Wall Street Journal

Oct 29, 2020

Mr. Wiseman’s film shows us, without telling us, that American cities continue to be laboratories for rebirth and innovation. The spirit of this one is embodied in its mayor, Marty Walsh.

By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW

Sep 19, 2020

As always, Wiseman’s approach guarantees memorable encounters.

By A.A. Dowd FULL REVIEW

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User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings

64% Positive
7 Ratings

9% Mixed
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27% Negative
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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 11 User Ratings

64% Positive
7 Ratings

9% Mixed
1 Rating

27% Negative
3 Ratings

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Details

Production Company Ford Foundation - Just Films, ITVS International, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Puritan Films

Release Date Oct 28, 2020

Duration 4 h 32 m

Genres

Documentary

Website https://cityhall-movie.com/

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Awards

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Gotham Awards

• 2 Nominations

Venice Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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