Charleen is a 1977 observational documentary film directed and shot by Ross McElwee, about his friend and former poetry teacher, Charleen Swansea.
[1][2] McElwee follows Charleen over a month in her life in North Carolina, where she still teaches poetry, and documents her friendship with American poet Ezra Pound.
[3] McElwee shot the film as part of his graduate thesis at MIT.
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