"A FAR CRY FROM THE SENSATIONALIZED ANTICS OF 'COPS,' IT'S DELIBERATELY PACED AND ODDLY HYPNOTIC." - New York Magazine

"A TV JOURNALIST LAYING OUT THE FACTS ABOUT A SLICE OF AMERICANA AND LETTING THE VIEWERS DECIDE THE SIGNIFICANCE ... WHAT A CONCEPT." - Los Angeles Times

Sheriff Ronald E. Hewett oversees the rural Southern community of Brunswick County, North Carolina. Heading up what used to be a backwards, backwoods department, Hewett strives to maintain order and civility in a region fraught with murder, robbery, and the occasional theft of ceramic lawn ornaments. To accomplish this impossible task, Hewett uses the only tools at his disposal - God, guns, and the hundreds of blood relatives that populate his jurisdiction.

At once brutal, bizarre and funny, "SHERIFF" employs the techniques of cinéma vérité: no interviews, no music, no voice overs. The result is an unexpected, intimate portrait of a complex man trying to do good in a bad world. Presented here is the 76-minute theatrical version. (76 minutes, 2007)

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES include: 40 minutes of deleted scenes, essay by film writer Noel Murray, preview of the next Work Series project.