Sherman's March

Name: Sherman's March
Start: 2026-07-03T23:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-07-11T16:30:00.000Z
Location: Film Forum, Greenwich Village, Manhattan

FilmDocumentary

Sherman's March basically invented the modern personal documentary: McElwee's camera-as-diary approach begat everything from Michael Moore to your favorite video essayist, and it remains funnier than nearly all of its descendants. Its full subtitle — A Meditation on the Possibility of Romantic Love in the South — tells you the register. Back on the big screen at Film Forum, it's a 157-minute hangout with one of nonfiction cinema's great neurotic voices.

What to expect

A long, digressive, deeply funny first-person documentary that rewards settling in — the runtime melts once McElwee's deadpan narration takes hold. Film Forum's doc-literate crowd laughs in all the right places.

Good to know

Film Forum is on W Houston St — 1 to Houston St or C/E to Spring St
Runs about 2 hours 37 minutes — pick a comfortable showtime
One matinee screening typically runs with open captions — check the calendar
A foundational text for documentary and personal-essay film fans
Multiple showtimes daily during the revival run

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Common questions

Is Sherman's March actually about the Civil War?

Only nominally — McElwee follows Sherman's route but the film becomes a comic chronicle of his own romantic misadventures. That bait-and-switch is the whole charm.

Why is this screening notable?

The film is rarely shown theatrically and hugely influential on personal documentary — a big-screen revival run at Film Forum is the way to finally see it properly.

What to expect

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