Maysles Videos

Outside the Maysles Cinema on Lenox @ 127Th. in Harlem, NYC just before the showing of the Premier to Up in the Attic

The Maysles Institute celebrated the "Staunch Grey Gardens Festival" based on the 1975 documentary by Albert and David Maysles. The film depicts little Edie and Big Edith Beale who live in a decrepit Grey Gardens mansion in East Hamptons New York. Director Albert Maysles discusses how the two Edith Beales, who were relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis became reclusive spinsters in their wealthy neighborhood. The Grey Gardens festival featured screenings, book signings and a burlesque sketch comedy performance inspired by the award winning film. http://www.binsidetv.net http://greygardensnews.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/GreyGardens http://www.hbo.com/films/greygardens/ Distributed by Tubemogul.

FREE! Families Film Forum presents:Crips and Bloods: Made in America a documentary (by Stacy Peralta, Narrated by Forrest Whitaker) about the development of gang culture in the U.S. and those who've led themselves out of it. The forum includes discussion about what's happening here, in our neighborhoods, with former local gang members, Tiffany Wright (of Youth Empowered Together) and Jaime Rivera (of For A Better Bronx), who are now leading the way toward building healthier, more responsive communities through mentoring youth and cultivating pro-action.April 13th, 6:15-8:30pm; Maysles Cinema: 343 Malcolm X Blvd and 127th Street Harlem, USA Suggested Donation ~All Are Welcome ~ No one will be turned away.RSVP: 718-706-0195, prisonfamz@gmail.com VIEW THE FILM TRAILER: www.freefamilies.us

First time filmmaker Celia Maysles talks with FilmCatcher at the 2008 South By Southwest Film Festival about getting to know her father through filmmaking. The director discusses her desire to make an archive to remember him, her painful relationship with her father's brother, her efforts to move her family beyond the past, and portraying difficult subject matter with dignity. Check out more FilmCatcher exclusive interviews at www.FilmCatcher.com.(more)

Documentary filmmaker Esther Robinson sits down in New York for a feature interview on The Alcove with Mark Molaro. She discusses her new film "A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory". The film tells the story of the still missing person Danny Williams, Robinson's uncle and key member of Andy Warhol's Factory during the 1960's. The film shows the previously unseen films of Danny Williams, which provides a unique window into his extraordinary creative talent and unique character. Surviving members of the Factory reflect on Danny Williams, as well as the legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles. This is a fascinating conversation about Danny Williams, Andy Warhol and the Factory, and the very personal and familial process that Esther Robinson went through to make this remarkable film. The film is quickly gaining critical and popular success, having won prestigious awards at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.