Storyline
CANAL ZONE is about the people who live and work in the Panama Canal Zone and shows both the operation of the Canal and the various governmental agencies — business, military, and civilian — related to the functioning of the Canal and the lives of the Americans in the zone. The film includes sequences of ships in transit, the work of special canal pilots, aspects of the civil government, work of the military, and the social, religious and recreational life of the Zonians.
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frederick Wiseman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Canal Zone is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
