2008
Not Rated
First Run Features
1 h 35 m

2008
Not Rated
First Run Features
1 h 35 m

Summary Godfrey Cheshire's richly observed film about his family's Southern plantation - and the colossal feat of moving it to escape urban sprawl - is a thoughtful and witty look at the lingering remnants and still-powerful mythology of plantation culture and the antebellum South. An award-winning film critic turned film maker, Cheshire uses th...

Documentary

Directed By: Godfrey Cheshire

2008
Not Rated
First Run Features
1 h 35 m

2008
Not Rated
First Run Features
1 h 35 m

Moving Midway

Name: Moving Midway
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2008-09-12
Duration: 1 min 35 s
Rating: 79
Cast: Bruce Chadwick, Elizabeth Cheshire

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews

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Chicago Tribune

In its 98 minutes, film critic Godfrey Cheshire’s documentary Moving Midway records an amazing architectural feat, and that’s the least of its virtues.

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The New York Times

May not advance any grand new thesis about the South and its history, but it turns an old house into a rich and strange repository of local knowledge.

By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

His engaging chronicle of the physical, historical and psychological effect of the undertaking, is also an invitation for a film buff to meditate on the antebellum South's mythic power in stories and film.

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New York Magazine (Vulture)

Moving Midway is thrilling.

By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW

Chicago Sun-Times

This is a deceptive film. It starts in one direction and discovers a better one. Cheshire is a dry, almost dispassionate narrator, and that is good; preaching about his discoveries would sound wrong.

By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

Chicago Reader

What begins as a leave-taking turns into a homecoming that reflects the mixed-race society of the modern south.

By Andrea Gronvall FULL REVIEW

Variety

Uniquely Southern documentary has become surprisingly timely this election year.

By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW

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