Rooftop Films: Wild Blue Yonder (Event Over)
- When:Fri 10/24/08 (9PM)
- Where: National Arts Club
- Address: 15 Gramercy Park South New York, NY Map
- Cost: FREE!
Recession Buster
Free with RSVP. RSVP Required
Editors' Take
Documentary film buffs know that the Maysles Brothers are pioneers of the genre—and if you haven't seen Grey Gardens yet, what rock have you been living under? Wild Blue Yonder is a new film featuring David Maysles' daughter's attempt to investigate her own family history. It's a moving treat for documentary fanatics and neophytes alike.
Fri., October 24, 9:15 PM
Wild Blue Yonder
The daughter of a legendary documentary filmmaker turns the camera
towards her own past.
New York Premiere.
Free Screening - But you must RSVP to attend
Special guest:
Grey Gardens' Lois Wright!
Venue: National Arts Club
Address: 15 Gramercy Park South (at 20th Street between 3rd and Park)
Directions: 6,
R or
W to 23rd Street or any train to Union Square
8:45 PM: Doors Open
9:15 PM : Film Begins
Admission:
FREE if you RSVP.
RSVP does not guarantee admission. Admission is first come, first
served with RSVP. Venue has discretion over capacity issue,
and management reserves the right to limit entry to this
event.
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"One of the most talked about documentaries at IDFA"
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Variety
Just seven years old when her father David Maysles (Salesman, Grey Gardens, Gimme Shelter) died in 1987 from an unexpected stroke, Celia Maysles grew up having no idea her father and his brother Albert were pioneers of verité documentary filmmaking.
Determined to uncover the secrets surrounding her background, Celia set out on a quest to rediscover her father by using his own artistic process: verité filmmaking. In Wild blue Yonder, Celia takes us on a daring journey to the past, to understand the father she never knew. Along the way, she encounters unexpected difficulties as she tries to reach out to her uncle Albert Maysles, who is surpisingly reluctant share with Celia the the hundreds of hours of unused footage of her father.
A story about missing links, legacies lost and found, and the passion of filmmaking, Wild Blue Yonder takes us deep inside a conflicted family where filmmaking remains the ultimate means to uncovering the truth.
Featuring: Celia Maysles, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, DA Pennebaker, Susan Froemke, Judy Maysles, Lois Wright, Big and Little Edie Beale and more.
"Wild Blue Yonder…is bound to raise debate in the industry
about who owns the life of someone else."
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Variety
“Beautifully edited, it really melds into some kind of fugue
at times - dream-like almost.”
–Cian Smyth, Belfast Film Festival
“Among the five most hotly anticipated events on the [SXSW]
schedule”
-SXSW World
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