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Gibtown

2001 · 63 min

A quiet, humane drift through an offbeat community, lingering on faces and rituals with gentle melancholy and warmth.

Directed by
Mellisa Shachat
Genres
Documentary
Overview
An atmospheric documentary film portrait of the residents and community of Gibsonton, Florida, USA, the off-season and retirement home of thousands of circus and carnival workers.

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Directed by
Mellisa Shachat
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • aging
  • found family
  • memory
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Mellisa Shachat
Written by
Susanne Rostock
Runtime
63 min
Languages
English

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