Two of Ross McElwee’s films are headed back to cinemas this year, courtesy of Music Box Films. The distributor has acquired a pristine 4K restoration of Sherman’s March alongside his new feature Remake for a summer release plan.
The 4K revival of Sherman’s March will premiere at Film Forum on July 3, underscoring the film’s enduring influence on personal documentary cinema. Remake will screen at the same venue July 10, with a broader rollout to follow. The double release spotlights McElwee’s continued relevance in independent film.
Originally released in 1986, Sherman’s March helped define a new way of storytelling on screen, weaving McElwee’s encounters and reflections into a larger narrative about memory, place, and the South. The restoration has been celebrated as a landmark upgrade that makes the film accessible to a new generation of viewers and cinephiles; it was later inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2000.
Remake, McElwee’s latest work, blends reminiscence with elegy as it centers on his relationship with his son Adrian, who died in 2016. The film uses decades of footage to explore fatherhood, time, and memory, while engaging with the idea of a Hollywood remake that once hung over the Sherman’s March project, a notion tied to director Steve Carr.
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