The Film Panel Notetaker

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Q&A with director Albert Maysles
Stranger Than Fiction at IFC Center
New York, NY
May 22, 2012
Notes by Brian Geldin
I have been very lucky to see Albert Maysles speak at several discussions after viewing his collaborative work with his late brother David, and Tuesday night, I was captivated again upon my first screening of the Maysles Bros. classic, [...]

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Posted by Liz Nord / Twitter @lizfilm
Why Documentaries Matter
92 Y Lectures and Conversations Series
New York, NY
May 26, 2010
Panelists:

Sheila Nevins, President, HBO Documentary Films (MODERATOR)
Al Maysles, legendary documentary filmmaker (Grey Gardens, Lalee’s Kin)
DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, veteran documentary film team (The War Room, Elaine Stritch at Liberty, Don’t Look Back)
Alexandra Pelosi, filmmaker (The Trials of [...]

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“Running Fence”
Stranger Than Fiction
January 19, 2010
IFC Center
New York, NY

Stranger Than Fiction’s Thom Powers and “Running Fence” co-director Albert Maysles. Photo by Brian Geldin.

Fresh off last week’s Cinema Eye Honors, Thom Powers presented this week at Stranger Than Fiction David and Albert Maysles’ and Charlotte Zwerin’s 1978 documentary “Running Fence.” Albert Maysles, who was [...]

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The Big Time to the Big Screen: 30 Years of Sports Filmmaking2009 Tribeca Film FestivalApril 24, 2009

Moderator:ESPN’s Chris Connelly
Panelists:Barbara Kopple (episode: The Steinbrenner Family Business)Albert Maysles (episode: Muhammad and Larry)Barry Levinson (episode: And the Band Marched On: The Colts Sneak Out of Baltimore)Dan Klores (episode: King of the New York Streets)
Synopsis:Whether played out on the [...]

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Following up on my notes from June 10th’s Maysles Film Program at BAM with Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens), I would like to include the below notes from a Silverdocs Q and A with Antonio Ferrera, co-director of The Gates, as a companion piece. I was so moved by the presentation at BAM last week that [...]

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I went to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on Sunday for the Maysles Films Program, a special showcase curated just for Sundance Institute at BAM. Documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles presented clips from his and his late brother David’s archive spanning from the 1950s to a sneak peak of Albert’s latest project In Transit.
Excerpts screened [...]

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