Monument (Chapters 4-6)

Anthology Film Archives

This monumental new 6-part documentary is ostensibly an essay film on the history of Rhode Island, and the contemporary ramifications of that history. In the hands of Geraghty and Halpern, the tale of this particular region opens up into a nearly bottomless well of resonances and relevancies. It is an intellectually stimulating and stylistically inspired excavation of a particular place, a temporal x-ray that encompasses everything from the region’s contemporary history of gentrification and displacement, to the earlier eras of social strife, labor politics, and colonial exploitation.