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  • 2017
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2017
  • 1 h 22 m

Summary Look & See revolves around the divergent stories of several residents of Henry County, Kentucky who each face difficult choices that will dramatically reshape their relationship with the land and their community. In 1965, Wendell Berry returned home to Henry County, where he bought a small farm house and began a life of farming, writing ...

Directed By: Laura Dunn, Jef Sewell

  • 2017
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2017
  • 1 h 22 m

Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Look & See revolves around the divergent stories of several residents of Henry County, Kentucky who each face difficult choices that will dramatically reshape their relationship with the land and their community. In 1965, Wendell Berry returned home to Henry County, where he bought a small farm house and began a life of farming, writing ...

Directed By: Laura Dunn, Jef Sewell

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70
Aug 10, 2017
In lieu of a literal fulfillment of the title’s promise, Dunn gives us a spiritual one, an aggressively poetic elegy to the pre-industrialized agrarian work/life ethic Berry made his most deeply felt cause.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 29, 2017
Sticking mostly to one corner of the turf Berry has staked out, this unusual and quite beautiful documentary seeks to connect with him by getting to know the land and those who work it near the author's Kentucky home.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 29, 2017
It’s a pleasure to spend 80 minutes in Mr. Berry’s company.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 29, 2017
The documentary is too tepid to generate anything like excitement or outrage, and elicits admiration more for its intentions than for its execution.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 30, 2017
Ultimately, Look & See seems to have many objectives, yet accomplishes none of them satisfactorily.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 30, 2017
In its brief, 80-minute running time, Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry encompasses two different films, and neither one of them is, in fact, a portrait of the poet/novelist/farmer/activist Wendell Berry. Neither one of them, despite sincere intentions, is very good.
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50
Jun 29, 2017
Here, as Berry warns, the imagination is limited by the camera. In a world in which I couldn’t buy Berry’s New Collected Poems, I might make an effort to see this again someday, with my eyes shut.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Two Birds Film
Release Date Jun 30, 2017
Duration 1 h 22 m
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Website http://www.lookandseefilm.com/
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Awards

SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Nashville Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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