“As a kid, I loved the cranky characters in Edgar Lee Masters’ ‘Spoon River Anthology.’ Short, poetic and often funny, their monologues reveal a fictional town with a mix of intertwined dramas, often told from the afterlife. You can read and enjoy them one by one. But the more you take in, the more an entire people coalesce.
“That might explain why I’m drawn to anthology-style documentaries like ‘Massachusetts Avenue: Life Along Cambridge’s Main Artery’ by Cambridge filmmaker Federico Muchnik. His almost entirely one-man production catches real-life characters along the avenue between Alewife Station and MIT over the last year or so. Muchnik shot on an iPhone and edited the project himself.” – Erin Trahan, WBUR Arts & Culture
Filmmaker in Person! MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE screens Sat, Oct 18 at 12:00 PM.