Program 9 Fixed Point Observation
Meet Marlon Brando
- 1966 / B&W / Digital File (Original: 16mm) / 29 min
Filmmakers: Albert Maysles, David Maysles
Editor: Charlotte Zwerin
Source: Maysles Films Inc.
By 1966 celebrity was a key ingredient in the success of Direct Cinema. This film is the prototypical example, featuring Marlon Brando playing the press in a New York hotel room.
Just Doin’ It (A Tale of Two Barber Shops)
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1976 / B&W / Digital File (Original: 16mm) / 28 m
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Director: William Greaves
Screenplay: William Greaves, Lou Potter
Photography, Editing: William Greaves, David Greaves
Source: William Greaves Productions
Barbershops are intensely social spaces in the African American community. Here director William Greaves and his son David capture the community banter about life, religion and Civil Rights.